hush lil' baby

Hush Little Baby

Hush, little baby, don’t say a word,
Mama’s gonna buy you a talking bird.
And when its microchip breaks down,
Mama’s gonna buy you a dancing clown.
And when it gets recalled next week,
Mama’s gonna buy you some mice
that squeak.
And when they all get vacuumed up,
Mama’s gonna buy you a singing pup.
And when it wastes 12 batteries,
Mama’s gonna buy you some plastic keys.
And when they snap in just one day,
Mama’s gonna put her purse away.

– By Melissa Balmain. Reprinted with permission from Babytalk magazine (April 2006).