This page is for "lullaby", the song. See Lullaby (novel) for the Chuck Palahniuk novel.
A lullaby is a song sung to children before they go to sleep. The idea is that the song will lull the child to sleep.
One of the most famous lullabies, "Rock a bye baby", is hardly lulling. Although it starts mildly enough, it quickly turns to disaster:
- Rock a bye baby, in the treetop
- When the wind blows, the cradle will rock
- When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall
- And down will come baby, cradle, and all
The lullaby generally known as "Mockingbird" makes many promises to the child if it will only be quiet and go to sleep, a sentiment with which parents will be familiar:
- Hush little baby, don't say a word,
- Momma's going to buy you a mockingbird