The words first appeared in print in Mother Goose's Melody (London, c. 1765), This was reprinted in Boston in 1785. Rock-a-bye as a phrase was first recorded in 1805 in Benjamin Tabart's Songs for the Nursery. The words rocking a child became common usage which may be the origination of rock today.
The words first appeared in print in Mother Goose's Melody (London, c. 1765), This was reprinted in Boston in 1785. Rock-a-bye as a phrase was first recorded in 1805 in Benjamin Tabart's Songs for the Nursery. The words rocking a child became common usage which may be the origination of rock today. Vocal Samples, Childrens Music, Lullabies
Track Summary Music Track Title: Rock a Bye Baby With Babies Vocal Catalog ID: 328453
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Description: The words first appeared in print in Mother Goose's Melody (London, c. 1765), This was reprinted in Boston in 1785. Rock-a-bye as a phrase was first recorded in 1805 in Benjamin Tabart's Songs for the Nursery. The words rocking a child became common usage which may be the origination of rock today.
Styles: Christmas, Comedy, Comedy / Family, Fairy Tale, Family / After School, Family / Children, Family / Infant, Family / Toddler, Film Instrumental, TV Instrumental
Lyrical Topics: Boys, Children, Girls, Baby, Father
Extended Keywords: One identifies it as the first poem written on American soil, suggesting it may date from the 17th century and have been written by an English immigrant who observed the way native-American women rocked their babies in birch-bark cradles, which were suspended from the branches of trees, allowing the wind to rock the baby to sleep. A difficulty with this theory is that the words appeared in print first in England in c. 1765.
However it does prove that rocking was in common usage since the 17th century and was perhaps the origination of what we call rock today.
