Sometimes when my Grandma had to sit out in the hatchery to watch the incubators, she would hold me on her lap in the rocking chair and sing songs to me. One of my favorites was "Twenty Froggies". It sounded like this.
"We must be on time," said they,
"First we study, then we play." "Always heed the Golden Rule," "When we froggies go to school." ============Master bullfrog grave and stern,
Called his classes in their turn. Taught them how to nobly strive, Likewise how to leap and dive. ============Taught them how to dodge a blow,
From the sticks that bad boys throw. Twenty froggies grew up fast, Bullfrogs they became at last. ============Polished in a high degree,
As each froggie ought to be. Now they sit on other logs, Teaching other little frogs.I think she might have learned this song when she was a teacher. My Grandma used to teach school up the road on the corner. That is how she met Grandpa.
My Momma sang songs to me too, while we were playing around the house, but when Grandma sang songs to me, she always took me on her lap and rocked me. I usually fell asleep while Grandma was singing and when I woke up, I was still sitting on her lap.
She held me all the time I had taken a nap. Maybe she took a nap too. She worked so hard she must have been tired.