Waste Not, Want Not
(I walk into the kitchen and notice my mom wearing black shorts)
Me: (after taking a good look at them) Mom...you know those are my old soccer shorts, right?
Mom: NO, these are your sister's shorts
Me: No, those are definitely my shorts back from like 3rd grade...
Mom: Well, I guess you can say this family never puts anything to waste.
The version of the haitian lullaby you posted isnt as bad as the version they sang to me. Lol
I’m sure there are probably worse versions out there lol. Care to share what your version said?
Childhood Lullaby
So in the U.S., every kid as heard the “Rock-a-Bye Baby” lullaby used to put infants to sleep. I always found it odd that kids were sung the story of a baby falling from a tree in order to get them to sleep until I was thinking back to a Haitian lullaby my parents used to sing when I was a kid. Loosely translated, here’s how it goes:
Sleep, child of your mom
Sleep, child of your father
If you do not go to sleep
The crab* will eat you
If you do not go to sleep
The crab will eat you
Your mother is not here
She went to the river
Your father is not here
He went fishing
If you do not go to sleep
The crab will eat you
If you do not go to sleep
The crab will eat you
….This is how Haitian parents put their kids to sleep.
*There are a few variations to this lullaby. The most popular one tells the baby that a crab will eat them, however in the one that my mom knew and was sung to her, it was said that the devil would come eat you. Take your pick.
That doctor? He looks like that creature from the movie your sister likes, [Smeagle, from Lord of the Rings]
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