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The term nursery rhyme is used for "traditional" poems for young children in Britain and many other countries, but usage only dates from the 19th century and in North America the older ‘Mother Goose Rhymes’ is still often used.
The oldest children's songs of which we have records are lullabies, intended to help a child sleep. Lullabies can be found in every human culture. The English term lullaby is thought to come from "lu, lu" or "la la" sound made by mothers or nurses to calm children, and "by by" or "bye bye", either another lulling sound, or a term for good night. Until the modern era lullabies were usually only recorded incidentally in written sources. The Roman nurses' lullaby, "Lalla, Lalla, Lalla, aut dormi, aut lacte", is recorded in a scholium on Persius and may be the oldest to survive.
Many medieval English verses associated with the birth of Jesus take the form of a lullaby, including "Lullay, my liking, my dere son, my sweting" and may be versions of contemporary lullabies. However, most of those used today date from the 17th century. For example, a well known lullaby such as "Rock-a-bye, baby on a tree top", cannot be found in records until the late-18th century when it was printed by John Newbery (c. 1765).
Does it mean I never let you know,
Each time I turn inside,
When I fully grow I'll outsize you,
But I won't let you fall in love,
You know it flows over me,
And you won't let me drown inside.
Sing a nursery rhyme to keep me quiet,
Sing a nursery rhyme to keep me quiet,
Woman please stay close to me, close to me,
Carried through your ecstasy.
You can't stop me breathing...
Even when you're on fire.
Know that you're weaving,
With my emotional wires.
Flows through me, in through me, out through me,
Over me, feeling me, feeding me electrically.
It's electric ballroom love,
It's electric ballroom love,
It's electric ballroom love,
It's electric ballroom love,
It's electric ballroom love,
It's electric ballroom love,
It's electric ballroom love.
Do do do do, do do do do,
I have to breathe the air you breathe,
I'm inside you,
In a room inside a room, I'm inside you.
The colour changes follow your emotion,
I can see when you're feeling desire.
I feel him close to you...
While I just walk around inside you,
Don't let him close to me...
Not when you know it's not the one,
The one, the one, the one, the one
The one, the one that you love.
It's electric ballroom love,
It's electric ballroom love,
It's electric ballroom love,
It's electric ballroom love,
It's electric ballroom love,
It's electric ballroom love,
It's electric ballroom love,
Keep me quiet.
Won't you sing me a nursery rhyme,
To keep me quiet, while you're on fire.
Won't you sing me a nursery rhyme,
To keep me quiet, while you're on fire.
Won't you sing me a nursery rhyme,
To keep me quiet, while you're on fire.
Please just sing me a nursery rhyme,
To keep me quiet, while I'm inside.
Please just sing me a nursery rhyme,
To keep me quiet, while I'm inside.
I won't let you fall in love,
You know inside, the baby knows.
I won't let you fall in love,
You know inside, the baby knows.
I won't let you fall in love,
You know inside, the baby knows.
I won't let you fall in love,
You know inside, the baby knows.
Your baby knows,
Your baby knows,
Your baby knows,
Your baby knows,
You're on fire, you're on fire,