The Guy Who Wrote Rock-a-bye Baby

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[@PaintingWinterMusic]

The reason these songs are for babies is because if you were singing them to anyone else, they would understand the words and freak out.

[@PaintingWinterMusic]

You know your baby is too old for nursery rhymes when they start crying afterwards. Also--just going to shamelessly plug--I'm hoping some of you might like the music I make too :)

[@BitsMakesVideos_]

shameless plug where :( ​@@PaintingWinterMusic

[@PartyMan40]

The Goonies movie would agree with you in this.

[@R4-B10]

This is literally the first Simpsons episode; the kids freaking out over nursery rhymes.

[@borrago]

It was a protest song against the monarchy.

[@DocDocGoose15]

"It didn't matter if the cradle was stable the tree was not!" 10/10 writing, would watch again

[@RelativelyBest]

Top 10 Anime Plot Twists.

[@iGame3D]

Physics for Kindergarten 101

[@Merilirem]

This is something that happens a lot. People will build a castle on top of loose sand then be surprised it didn't hold.

[@dubleCC]

"And just like the tree, the baby will rot."

[@DocDocGoose15]

@@dubleCC Jesus man

[@robertbeisert3315]

Apparently, Humpty Dumpty was the name of an old cannon that the British tried to use at some point. It fell, broke, and was unusable. Someone made a little rhyme. Then, for no reason, someone put an egg in overalls on the wall.

[@mynamesnotadam]

The idea that Humpty Dumpty was a Royalist cannon in the English Civil War is just one of several theories. Some suggest it Humpty Dumpty could be refering to the hunchbacked King Richard III who fell and died at Bosworth. Others suggest it is just a term for a clumsy person, or is talking about the downfall of cardinal Wolsey, or a siege engine. He has portrayed as an egg for over 100 years though and my favourite explanation, as the true meaning has been lost, is the theory that the rye is a riddle and the answer is an egg, which is why it came to be portrayed as an egg.

[@FakeSchrodingersCat]

Humpty Dumpty didn't fall, he was pushed. You think all the kings horses and all the kings men were in the area by coincidence, it was a coverup.

[@horace6851]

ok, but why were the horses putting it together? Like with their hooves?

[@robertbeisert3315]

@horace6851 way I heard it, it was about trying to get it mounted on the wall again. Prior commenter says that may be largely mythological, and I have no frame to argue otherwise.

[@88michaelandersen]

@@horace6851 One of the theories on that is that the King's Horses are really the horse soldiers and that the line means that all of the mounted soldiers and all of the foot soldiers couldn't do the job.

[@ihateunicorns867]

“Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home.” “Ah. Sweet. Fly home little ladybird.” “Your house is on fire and your children are gone.” “… that escalated quickly.”

[@jlev1028]

Isn't that a Beatles song?

[@thomasneal9291]

@@jlev1028 They most surely did not write that. it has been around long before any of them were born.

[@BonaparteBardithion]

​@@jlev1028 I haven't heard The Beatles sing it, but Peter, Paul and Mary had it on a children's album as part of a medly.

[@author_page]

The version I've heard was "your house is on fire, your children alone"

[@vanessasetford-smith8074]

In the UK it’s ’children all gone’.

[@Thomas_H._Smith]

Fact: Ryan came up with this idea for a sketch after singing nursery rhymes to his new child.

[@pixels4164]

Totally

[@Smokie_666]

I was thinking the same thing

[@mbanerjee5889]

Writing sketches based on life events is tight!

[@progressfeed]

ok

[@somerandolad]

It wouldn't surprise me.

[@PaulDozierZZoMBiE13]

My mom used to sing this to my kiddo when she was still a baby. But instead of "Down will come baby, Cradle and all" she'd sing "And Grandma will catch you, Safe after all". I thought it was sweet.

[@elsie8757]

Wait hang on I actually might cry...

[@BoredInNW6]

That's pretty rough on grandma, though. Having to stand under a tree all night, constantly alert, in all weathers, at risk from wildlife. That's not a great job for a probably elderly woman. Also, I have to ask: where are the mother and father while grandma is on baby plummet vigil every night? Indoors, asleep? I'm really concerned about this family, to be honest.

[@RavenMistwolf]

I love the implication that she’s handing off the responsibility of catching you onto grandma. 😂 still cute.

[@thatoneXman]

Okay why can't we use this instead this is actually really sweet c'mon...

[@JustAnAcorn]

​@@RavenMistwolf I think you misread it. They said that it was their kid that their mom sang it to. Their mom said that she'd catch her grandkid, or their kid.

[@lckaboom6810]

I love how there isn’t even much need for jokes here because Rock-a-bye Baby is not subtle about being absolutely psychotic .

[@Kait2478]

My mom always sang “when the bough breaks, the cradle will fall, and Mommy will catch baby, cradle and all.” I sing it to my kids that way. Now my oldest sings “sissy will catch baby, cradle and all” to her baby sister ❤

[@DCMelo_UC]

Baby: *Gets stuck in tree* Wind: Super easy, barely an inconvenience

[@Adam-xf6sq]

Tree: I’m gonna need you to get all the way off of my bow

[@markpostgate2551]

​@@Adam-xf6sq It's bough though. Don't worry about the fact that bough and though are written exactly the same way but sound completely different. There is already enough to worry about.

[@duralumin594]

@@markpostgate2551 * cough * They're not the only ones. * cough *

[@catsquidcatoverlord9842]

Then the tree did a backflip, snapped the winds neck, and saved the day.

[@brucebaker810]

​​@@markpostgate2551 By "already enough to worry about" do you refer to the perils such as: Aging? Or living beside the Ocean? Or aging beside the Ocean? Or meeting Ryan Jr.?

[@michaelanderson6394]

I had to double check and see if this was the same guy who wrote Frosty the Snowman, but this guy has a different mustache. Totally different guy.

[@mrfrog0913]

I wish it was the same guy

[@queenofnevers6990]

Not every hero wears cape

[@tonysmith7632]

I don't know why, though I really appreciate this verification.

[@JhericFury]

I was about to comment that I really like strangely terrifying song guy, I'm certainly glad I read this before I made a FOOL of myself by confusing those two clearly different individuals.

[@neomehollow1391]

​@@JhericFury The mustache makes the man

[@Zarkonem]

Nothing calms a child down and prepares it for a peaceful night's sleep like a song about IT'S IMMINENT AND VIOLENT DEMISE!!!

[@MJ-he1hf]

Thank you for making me laugh with this 😂😅

[@mineduck3050]

Any tired parent will understand that song was first sung as a threat, through closed teeth, at 3am, on a monday.

[@mommalion7028]

Absolutely agree

[@chloe_speaks2384]

"I wrote this cute little dancing song about roses." "Oh, what made you think of that?" "The Bubonic Plague." "Oh my God."

[@dracotias]

"so I also have this one about how many times a massive bridge might fall down depending on what we build it with"

[@thomasneal9291]

@@dracotias Ever wonder why so many of these incredibly gory and cruel nursery songs come out of England? I do.

[@becominghero9754]

​@@thomasneal9291 Dude because England was insane. Worse medicine back in the day that MOST of the countries around it. That 35 year life expectancy back in the medieval period was actually mostly England and parts of Europe with English hygiene, because other countries before that period (or that didn't have that culture) lived much longer. It does not surprise me that they would be putting babies in trees and singing about plague. This is how they ended up being so deadly to indigenous peoples, btw: herd immunity and population evolution sure happens fast when you're all rapidly dying off from germs. People groups without as disgusting germ histories stood no chance against the diseases of the super mutants.

[@aaronrachiele5521]

Actually, there is no evidence that Ring a Round a Rosie has anything to do with the Bubonic Plague. I believe that's just an urban mth. A really cool one however, and if I didn't know better, one I would subscribe to.

[@brucebaker810]

That made me all fall down. Laughing.

[@EduardoMartinez-rs3bu]

As a guy who didn't grow up in an environment of English speaking people hearing these lyrics for the first time is actually something

[@ponponpatapon9670]

we are fucking weird, honestly

[@tuseroni6085]

wait til you hear the one about jack and jill.

[@anoykid6451]

Because the history and when they were invented most English nursery rhymes and fairy tales are an morbid stuff, jack and Jill went up the hill is about people getting hanged for example :)

[@CanalDoSahgo]

TBF in my country we have a nursery rhyme about throwing a pole at a cat and being disappointed that it didn't die. Maybe nursery rhymes just be like that sometimes

[@venanziadorromatagni1641]

Oh, this is by no means an English-only thing. In German-speaking countries there is one with the original version going Cockchafer, fly! The father is at war. Mother is in Pomerania. And Pomerania is burnt to ashes. Cockchafer, fly!

[@bobdenst7875]

Being a new parent opens you to a whole world of rather twisted child-related content.

[@jasonrhome710]

Finding the closer to source versions of Grimm's Fairy Tales is a fun one,

[@bobdenst7875]

The Goose Girl in Grimm's Fairy Tales in legitimate nightmare fuel.

[@faye_gwenn]

When I was a kid I used to sing ‘down will come baby, splat on the floor’

[@Jamesucht]

"So, you have a new nursery rhyme for me?" "Yes sir, I do"

[@neomehollow1391]

But won't mildly threatening lyrics be a problem for Small children? No problem at all in fact barely an inconvenience. Small children don't speak English yet so they won't understand what's being sung to them. Won't the parents find it to be a problem though? No you see the child keeps them up at all hours if the songs catchy and iconic enough their tired brains won't even register the fact that there threatening to drop a baby from the top of a tree 😂

[@christianboesch3459]

Ohhhhhhh threatening your baby so they can go to sleep is TIGHT

[@troll4life662]

​@@neomehollow1391Babies are tight.

[@thatpenguin9889]

It’s always the man with the biggest moustache who has authority😂😂

[@vipe650r]

This is law.

[@WG55]

Comrade Stalin agrees with this line of reasoning.

[@tristanwebb5290]

That’s how there society works apparently.

[@TheHobatron]

But of course, how else do you measure authority?

[@Eliphas_Leary]

God is a giantic moustache with a tiny Ryan in the middle of it.

[@abrahamlincoln3181]

There's an Afrikaans poem that was taught in schools about 3 bald guys eating soup in a restaurant .There are babies' heads in the soup ,and they eventually go into a feeding frenzy,until only their heads are left ,which are swept up by staff .

[@abdrahmanhakim5252]

... ... ...Umm, what

[@BiingDiing]

I never realized this is how it's supposed to be sung my mom used to sing when I was a kid " WE WILL WE WILL ROCK YOU!" Might be why my dad was always the one afterwards to sing me to sleep.

[@KungFuWombat]

Oh oddly specific gravity themed songs designed to put children to sleep are TIGHT

[@speljufcharlotte8999]

The children are 'falling' asleep after all right? Gotta add a nice little layer of dread to that falling sensation they can get.

[@random32i8]

“So it will be difficult to get the kid to fall asleep?” “No actually it will be super easy, barely an inconvenience to get them to fall.” “What?” “What?”

[@vonwux]

_A wild ginger mustache appears_

[@georgemoseley1504]

I got that reference. Yeah,yeah yeah

[@WhiteCaneV1]

A new wrinkle to the Ryanverse!

[@BBoy4040]

I like how his glasses match his mustache

[@pappabunny]

@@BBoy4040 But does his mustache match the carpet?

[@zenwolf6073]

I've heard three different KZbinrs quote your skits, Ryan. You have entered the zeitgeist!

[@maverick7291]

I see someone's been busy with their newborn and decided to synergize.

[@otiscramer7906]

The fact that the orange moustache guy just had a dictionary on hand made me laugh much harder than it should have.

[@DoofenSpyroDragon16]

And the fact that his mustache looked like part of a dorito 😂

[@jonathancampbell5231]

Well, they ARE coming up with nursery rhymes...makes sense to have a dictionary there.

[@otiscramer7906]

@@DoofenSpyroDragon16 That may have been a factor.

[@tuseroni6085]

and he knew how to spell bough.

[@otiscramer7906]

@@tuseroni6085 He found it incredibly fast.

[@12Mantis]

"Egad! What did you do before this?!" "I was a carpenter-!" "Whew!" "-and part-time babysitter!" ".....!" "I built tree houses for daycares-!" ".......?!" "-they weren't up to code!"

[@Tekkenandgaming]

Now that, was funny. Well done bud

[@jesusfreak180]

That guy rockin the orange mustache is my inner child

[@ShawsOwn]

I'm starting to get a sense of how Ryan George sees the world......and it is the most polite place filled with mind numbing darkness ever.

[@areyoufriendly]

So, Canadian?

[@ShawsOwn]

@@areyoufriendly Probably. Considering the terrifying reputation Canadians had during WW1.

[@kh6853]

You can't fire him, look how commanding his moustache is!

[@brucebaker810]

That's an I'm Evil, but I have a Cousin in HR Moustache if ever I saw one.

[@youknowwhoiam2771]

Ryan adding “child” to the list of things he needs to feed is a testament to how far he’s come in his personal and professional life

[@astrobookwormsinger]

I didn't even notice when the dog was added.

[@Vaquix000]

You make it sound like a huge accomplishment. You get laid, they get pregnant, you have a baby, Not an accomplishment, most people do it. The real accomplishment is afterwards, being a good father and husband which I'm sure he is doing.

[@youknowwhoiam2771]

@@Vaquix000 an even greater accomplishment would be for you to ever get laid, buddy

[@brucelucasjr5856]

Thanks Ryan. Now I have the phrase "It didn't matter if the cradle was stable" stuck on a continuous loop in my head

[@allisonhoff5805]

Hi hello there. I would very much like more videos in the nursery series! My baby needs to know about the dangers of unstable trees, the black plague, ladybirds that have all their children die, etc. Thank you!

[@vasenkasi4846]

They got the guy out, but he walked straight to the printing press guy and printed a million lullaby books.

[@jayd.doubledubs]

This the first time I've heard the full lyrics. Me and my brothers could only remember the first line and so we filled in the rest with our imagination "Rock a bye baby on the tree top. When the wind blows, the baby explodes" and then we'd just burst out laughing We had a ... interesting imagination and sense of humor

[@GuttersMN]

Frankly from the perspective of the baby- you pretty much nailed the outcome

[@-CA-Games-]

I will not sleep until ‘First guy to fly on an aeroplane is made’

[@TedSallisakaManThing]

That isn’t the only scary kid song when you pay attention to the words!

[@rjdruhan]

The French guy has a good idea for a children's song that is about plucking all the feathers from a small bird.

[@LilianaKali]

OMG. I never realized that's what we were singing! La pauvre alouette!

[@Elias_Ehler]

And inviting everyone to eat said bird.

[@daverhoden445]

@@LilianaKali I've been singing that song my whole life but it was only a few months ago that I actually read the lyrics.

[@karine-v]

😂 that's true.

[@Dadofer1970]

Guy from Mexico replies "hold my cerveza, and listen to this one I wrote about a cockroach".

[@bfitz5610]

I always felt like this is more of a threat. Like, go to sleep, or this cradle's going right up to the very tippy top of the forest.

[@borrago]

It was a covert protest song against the monarchy.

[@TF2CrunchyFrog]

@@borrago wrote "It was a covert protest song against the monarchy" Damn, the British started indoctrinating their revolutionaries young. Give that toddler some gunpowder and its starts plotting! Ther French meanwhile invented the guillotine.

[@evankim2406]

@@borrago Bit of a strange thing to sing to your children at night.

[@CoreDreamStudios]

@@evankim2406 We humans are very strange for sure.

[@laurencefraser]

@@evankim2406 It has a very soothing tune. Most nursery rhymes have... Weird... lyrics with origins in not-at-all-child-appropriate happenings... but they are easy to sing soothingly, and thus good for putting kids to sleep.

[@MHLegacy]

Ryan, don't forget about "Ring Around the Rosie," that delightful children's song about the Bubonic Plague. First it describes symptoms of the "Black Death," referencing red skin lesions surrounded by a dark ring. Then that's followed by a line describing the holistic way people covered up the stench of rotting flesh by putting strongly scented flowers in their clothing. Next comes "ashes, ashes," which had a double meaning as both the means of mass body disposal AND the biblical "ashes to ashes" reference. Finally, "we all fall down" is that wonderfully optimistic line, meaning simply, "we're all going to die." Yep...wonderful children's song.

[@jasonrhome710]

There's a moderate variation I heard that as "Ah-choo, Ah-choo, we all fall down." Though I don't immediately recall if sneezing is among the symptoms of bubonic icky-poo-poo... ah, looks like it was and may also be the reason why "Bless you" became a response as people could pass quickly after the sneezing started and there may not be time to find a priest.

[@honourabledoctoredwinmoria3126]

@@jasonrhome710 It has nothing to do with the Black Death. It dates to the 18th Century. The last major outbreak of Plague in an English speaking country was in 1665.

[@danvzare6201]

Wait, "ashes, ashes"? I thought it was "ah-tish-shoo, ah-tish-shoo", as an onomatopoeia for sneezing.

[@BurgundyMermaid]

When my mother was a little girl, she used to cry her eyes out over this song because the poor baby dies in the end. So, on behalf of my mother, thank you, Ryan, for giving her the best belated Mother's Day gift ever, in calling out this horrifying so-called "nursery rhyme".

[@drollfurball2863]

I remember in Chirch I’d cry when they started singing about the lamb of God taking away the sins. I didn’t know what sin was so I just assumed this little lamb would just start dissolving everything around it. I was like… 4 or 5 at the time. It was scary to me. Like it did a Thanos snap dissolve. In about 1998, 99.

[@flboy85]

Note to self. Don't eat peanuts alone in your office while watching this! You almost were my cause of death! 😂 😂 😂

[@brucebaker810]

There's delicious salty snacks and fizzy drinks. And there's the comedy of the Ryanverse. Don't cross the streams.

[@Dadofer1970]

So you.... found a peanut, found a peanut, found a peanut last night????

[@estherpena-nicholas5283]

Darwin Award contentor?

[@alexfoxleigh9443]

"Hey Siri, how many people has Ryan George killed?"

[@brucebaker810]

@@alexfoxleigh9443 *known to have *suspected to have...

[@retroboomer3197]

In the sprawling landscape of KZbin, where creators rise and fall like waves in a tempest, there exists a luminary who shines with the radiance of a thousand suns. His name? Ryan George, the maestro of mirth, the architect of amusement, and the sultan of satire. Join me, dear reader, as we embark on a journey to unravel the enigmatic tapestry of comedic brilliance woven by this modern-day bard. Ryan George is not your average KZbinr; he's a comedic alchemist, transforming mundane moments into pure gold. With a twinkle in his eye and a smirk on his lips, he takes on the world armed only with his razor-sharp wit and a knack for turning the absurd into the sublime. Whether he's dissecting the quirks of everyday life or skewering the tropes of Hollywood, Ryan's humor is as boundless as the cosmos itself. One cannot discuss Ryan George without delving into the marvel that is "Pitch Meetings." Ah, yes, the hallowed halls of the Hollywood boardroom, where logic takes a holiday and sanity goes to die. In these delightful vignettes, Ryan dons the dual mantles of writer and producer, engaging in a delightful pas de deux with himself as he pitches ludicrous movie ideas to an increasingly incredulous studio executive. From the "How It's Made" approach to iconic films to the inevitable inclusion of a "twist" that defies all known laws of storytelling, each episode is a veritable feast for the funny bone. But Ryan's comedic prowess extends far beyond the confines of Tinseltown. His forays into the realm of the absurd know no bounds, whether he's exploring the existential crisis of a sentient Roomba or pondering the existential dread of being trapped in a video game tutorial. With each sketch, he invites us to peer through the looking glass into a world where the mundane becomes magical and the ridiculous reigns supreme. Yet, for all his comedic bravado, there's a humility to Ryan George that endears him to audiences far and wide. Beneath the veneer of hilarity lies a genuine warmth and authenticity that shines through in every interaction. Whether he's engaging with fans on social media or sharing behind-the-scenes anecdotes, Ryan's down-to-earth demeanor is a refreshing reminder that even in the realm of comedy, sincerity reigns supreme. Ryan George is not just a KZbinr; he's a comedic virtuoso, a maestro of mirth, and a beacon of laughter in a world often shrouded in darkness. Through his unparalleled wit and irrepressible charm, he has carved out a niche in the digital landscape, captivating audiences with his unique brand of humor and leaving a trail of smiles in his wake. So, here's to you, Ryan George, may your wit never wane, and your laughter never fade. You are, truly, a legend in your own right. Super easy. Barely an inconvenience.

[@makarabaduk1754]

If this isn't copy-pasted from Ryan George's Wikipedia entry, it ought to have been.

[@jeffallen55]

I feel like this might be a Wendy's.

[@gtdc4685]

Sir, this is a Wendy’s

[@Robrock318]

Chat gtp?

[@andrewwashere82]

I have one disagreement: You implied that Ryan portrays both the writer and producer characters of the Pitch Meeting videos. No sir, they're 2 different people. Very likely clones on loan to Screen Rant from Mr. George. He reveals his cloning facility in I believe the 1 millionth subscriber episode.

[@The_AndroidSentByCyberlife]

This is your best yet! Ill never understand how some nursery rhymes came to be 😂

[@bbodyboi]

Jack and Jill also had an unfortunate experience with gravity… kids really need to have helmets included when you order one.

[@OhBoyILoveTomatoes]

He has an orange mustache.. the universe is growing

[@jonathanperez7663]

That's some expert world building.

[@brucebaker810]

Also darkness. And scruffiness. It's a whole new dimension.

[@scaredycat7118]

Oh, traumatizing nursery rhymes are TIGHT!

[@themistnfog]

You know those weeds that are just a long slender stem with a little "bulb" on top? Well, one time while I was on a walk, I heard a little girl singing this "song" as she happily went along picking those weeds and then flicking the tops off. The song went like this 🎶 "My mommy had a baby and its head popped off" 🎶 🤣

[@rogerreger9631]

There was one nursery rhyme we got taught in middle school choir for some short of schools got talent tournament the districts where all doing. The nursery song was about a baby left on the porch of a orphanage when it was snowing and the baby was eventually buried in snow and no one came to the door because no one was home. We as a class didn't want to sing the song because it was obviously depressing and didn't think it was going to win us any awards for the school talents shows. The teacher didn't think we were right because we are but children and dont understand the appeals of the classic, and our ideas for alternative songs was not school appropriate. The three schools that won the top brackets each did a song of their choice. One school did Queen's bohemian rhapsody, second did Metallica, and third school did a Taylor Swift song for their choirs. Our school lost that we didn't even win a honorable mention.

[@mikdan8813]

Boy, wait till you find out about "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe".

[@mariacargille1396]

Or Three Blind Mice

[@davidmcgill1000]

Ring Around the Rosie. It just gets worse from here.

[@pattersong6637]

Catch a WHAT by its toe???

[@lauranolastnamegiven3385]

or that that one little piggy wasn't going grocery shopping

[@childebrand1]

@@pattersong6637- A tiger! Always a tiger.

[@babymama406]

Remember that prayer we used to say? “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I die before I wake I pray the Lord my soul to take.” That’s incredibly dark. Insinuating we might die in our sleep and we just hope God takes us.

[@scorpiusbalthazar4327]

Hush little baby, don't say a word. And never mind the voice you heard. It's just the beast under your bed. In the closet, in your head!

[@Milamberinx]

I just scream “CTHULU, YOU BASTARD, TAKE ME NOW” and then faceplant into my pillow. I find it’s a lot quicker than the rhyming, and it scares the rats back down the well.

[@markpostgate2551]

But, tbf, we might.

[@kylepessell1350]

That's not the version I grew up with. Mine was: "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. With love protect me through the night, and wake me with the morning light."

[@la_scrittice_vita]

"Somebody gets an extra donut for breakfast," - Dennis Miller, c 1995

[@creeprvictor]

We need a sequel to this, there are so many more to cover! Hush little baby, Roses roses or whatever, etc! (And ohhhhh boy if he did German ones)

[@jasonfischer8946]

Now do "Hey, Diddle Diddle" "Diddle Diddle? I already don't like the sound of that."

[@heybro6105]

These meetings can never stop, we all decided.

[@victork.8860]

Yeah yeah yeah!

[@privacyvalued4134]

They're super easy. Barely an inconvenience.

[@lilunette9319]

In 15 years, we will get sketches about raising teenagers, hahhahah

[@Sawdusttimberline]

Heck ya these meetings must continue on

[@Sawdusttimberline]

So true 🎉🎊

[@ericbowers5968]

I wanna hear little bunny fufu origins, lol. So many fun things rhyme with fufu. Moo moo, doo doo, yew yew, choo choo, rue bleu.

[@thomasneal9291]

there's this thing called "google", maybe you've heard of it?

[@danvzare6201]

@@thomasneal9291 You do realize he wants to hear Ryan's fictional version of the origins, not the real life origins? Or are you trying to say that Ryan already made that short?

[@gameschadwick]

The way my wife ends the song is “and momma (or daddy or whoever is singing) will catch you, cradle and all” instead of “down will come baby…” I prefer that.

[@thepositivepastor1779]

Now I want to go back and reread all the nursery rhymes with Ryan George’s voice in my head

[@OtherWorldExplorers]

Dude this is completely unfair You deliberately make these so funny at the end that by the time I'm done laughing I have to go watch the video again just so I can give you a thumbs up. Unfair possibly diabolical yes genius beyond a shadow of a doubt.

[@simcrafter]

Am I the only one who noticed the description went from "feed my cats and dog" to "feed my cats and dog and child" Is he a father now?

[@_Squiggle_]

He is! He talked about it in a pitch meeting revisit I think

[@la_scrittice_vita]

Check the Boss Baby Revisited pitch meeting and there's an adorbs picture near the end

[@Dude-xb3xh]

Don’t forget about goosey goosey gander which involves throwing an old man using his left leg down the stairs

[@crimsonshadow1649]

You never realize how messed up nursery rhymes were until you actually read the lyrics out loud. Lol

[@1523.M]

He got babies on the mind. Probably because of his baby.

[@girlfriends-in-space]

I wonder if anything going on in Ryan's personal life influenced this sketch... Oh, I bet he's getting into the nursery rhyme business!

[@Jonzy2005]

I've always question this nursery rhyme in particular. So glad to see it on here being questioned as well.

[@cowprez]

I never quite looked at those songs like that. Probably why I'm so messed up now!! LOL!

[@donniehollingsworth1611]

Wait until they learn about the bridges in London, old mother hubbards dog and Jack and Jill’s unfortunate hill excursion… hmmm come to think about it, is there any nursery rhyme that doesn’t invoke bodily harm or just sad theme in general?

[@borrago]

It was a covert protest song against the monarchy....as were several others.

[@dehavillandvampire]

Which one? None of them were protest songs except for one interpretation of Jack and Jill that postulates a protest to events over 150 years before our earliest version. It's equally likely to be referring to a teen pregnancy in a Somerset village.

[@ncasey9853]

Oh my darling Clementine has a positive ending! It's all about a womons horrific drowning accident and her lover being sad about it. But it's all OK in the end because he marries her sister and forgets all about her!

[@e2b265]

Wait till they learn that nowhere in Humpty Dumpty is it mentioned that he’s an egg

[@borrago]

Because it and rock-a-by are covert protest song against a monarch.

[@gingergamer3270]

I came to comment this, we all just decided he was an egg.

[@Problemsolver434]

So is it just a person that fell into pieces and died

[@Not_creg]

Humpty Dumpty was an English civil war cannon which fell of a wall and the kings troops could not fix it. The English civil war was parliament verses the king if you were wondering. Quick note. Google will say that Humpty Dumpty was an insult which it was and the nursery rhyme was a metaphor which it probably was but the cannon called Humpty Dumpty did exist and did fall.

[@gingergamer3270]

@@Not_creg thank you

[@mineduck3050]

🎶🎵Sucking his thumb, peeing his pants, doing the hula hula dance🎵🎶

[@goplayer7]

For the line "This little piggy went to market.", I'm sorry to reveal that the pig wasn't doing shopping at the market.

[@melodynice7938]

And to think, Ryans bearded baby is almost in high school now. How time flies 🥲

[@kevboard]

ORANGE MUSTACHE! new lore!

[@antoinesmithtennant6152]

Hi there hello just passing by from France to say hello and great work Love you bye..

[@jesusperez8394]

I love how most assume that Humpty Dumpty was an egg person. Nowhere does it say he's an egg.

[@brucebaker810]

​@@wiggletonthewise2141 you just made up the human guy part? Apparently it was about a cannon that broke.

[@sammy-shines1328]

The orange moustache just made my day

[@Mulakulu]

I just Ctrl+F'ed "orange" to find this. Glad I'm not the only one

[@Kristjan_N]

@@Mulakulu a very commanding taco mustache indeed

[@morganseppy5180]

Oh good...I got an ad for St Jude's right before this.

[@lazydroidproductions1087]

I love it when a little song about a possible succession crisis and conspiracy is an all-time baby lullaby

[@SustainedFuture]

Wait until the committee hears about some more wholesome rhymes like "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Hansel and Gretel."

[@renab.7390]

those are Grimm's fairy tales and yes, they're very dark, esp their original versions

[@raphaelmort6366]

I was expecting one of them to modify it for the "and mommy will catch you, cradle and all"

[@jonathanschubert9052]

Literally just brought my newborn son home from the hospital!!

[@brooke_reiverrose2949]

Congratulations!

[@BradynSmith]

The original Humpty Dumpty rhyme wasn't about an egg. Or even a person. "Humpty Dumpty" was a massive cannon used in the 1648 Siege of Colchester. When the wall it was sitting on was destroyed, the cannon fell and shattered to pieces. Despite the best efforts of all the King's men (and their horses) it proved impossible to put the cannon back together again.

[@MamaWheelz]

Uh, guys, it's a game. You hold the baby up high and rock it back and forth while you're singing the first parts, then when you get to "the cradle will fall" you slide them down on your arms into your chest. It's absolutely loved by the little ones because they get a little scared only to end up gently in a hug. 😅

[@xitaris5981]

Mild fear _is_ the best sleep aid

[@charlie-obrien]

Yes, highly recommended by the Dahmer and Manson families. 😟

[@Vaquix000]

Getting frightened gives you an energy boost so that would be a nonsensical way to put them to sleep. Don't see why you'd want to scare a baby anyway.

[@Bearclawepic]

As a baby egg who fell to my death this is very accurate

[@jamielondon6436]

That cracked me up like your shell, when it hit the ground.

[@4plus20isHappy]

“Isn’t it gonna be kind of hard to make an adorable song about a baby falling to its death?”

[@KyriosHeptagrammaton]

"Way down yonder In the meadow Poor little baby crying momma Birds and the butterflies Flutter 'round his eyes Poor little baby crying momma"

[@dronix6624]

Crazy how all the first people in history to do anything look exactly like hit youtube sensation Ryan George🤔

[@Singurarity88]

What do you mean by "look exactly the same"? Are you Ryanist?

[@veganconservative1109]

Genetics.

[@jamiecharlton9961]

Are you insane?! One guy had an orange moustache!

[@liampbjray5562]

i cant beleive you would say that they all look the same to you.

[@martinfiedler4317]

You must be the first guy in history who needs an optometrist....🤓

[@jussperk]

Ryan: Oh no! Seems like it's going to be hard to get that baby down from there. Also Ryan: Actually, it's going to be super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[@88porpoise]

Then he did a backflip, snapped the baby's neck.... oops

[@SunTzuArtOfWar4]

​@@88porpoiseand ruined everyone's day....

[@jadenataylor]

Ring around the rosie, pocket full of…. Ashes, ashes, we all fall down. ☠️☄️

[@MargoMB19]

I just love the reactions here, because it's 100% how people should react to those lyrics, but so many people just grew up with nursery rhymes like this and its just seen as normal.

[@crush3095]

this channel delivers EVERY TIME

[@chriswilliams7601]

That had me rolling, and rocking.

[@imaginosdesdinova1130]

He then went on to write The Two Cats of Kilkenny. You know, that lovely little nursery rhyme about the adorable kitties who kill each other.

[@lorewalkermaohao4602]

My dad (from El Salvador) used to sing nursery rhymes in Spanish to me and my siblings. As the oldest of my siblings, I came to realize what he was singing to us. Something along the lines of "sleep my child and behave or the coyote will have your head".

[@sabalisigns4474]

Im so early i watched Ryan George grow multiple kinds of different moustaches for this skit.

[@ayouxy]

Nice moustache! It's very commanding and orange

[@RabbidTribble]

A mom I knew used to sing this to her baby while using an exaggerated rocking motion back and forth, before bringing the giggling baby down for the “fall” with a gentle swoop into the crib. Extremely cute and the lyrics made sense as part of the ritual.

[@robbymounce5764]

“NEED TO CALL CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ON THESE PARENTS! LEAVING THEIR CHILD IN A STINKING TREE!” - Tim Hawkins - ❤

[@CraftyVegetarian13]

Writing rock a bye baby is TIGHT

[@ZERO-ev5eu]

S Edit: for some context the comment above originally said “S”, not what it says now

[@GDAccelerate]

formerly “S”

[@TheLilyGraceLife]

You're first

[@LQABP]

Writing Rock-A-Of-Bye Baby is super easy! Barely an inconvenience!

[@GDAccelerate]

btw so everyone is aware, the comment was originally just “S”

[@Penathar]

The perfect way to decide things.

[@tungst4n129]

If anybody, Ryan George is the one who is Rock-a-bye Babying right now!

[@dannybonett8349]

Ryan as entertaining as this video is I wanted to share with you the real story behind this song. Read it and enjoy. Congrats on the new baby… The Origin of America’s Favorite Nursery Rhyme: Davy Crockett's older sister, Effie Crockett was invited to help some mothers in the Muskogee Tribe. Once she arrived in camp, Effie laughed at what she saw. The Muskogee Tribe had a custom of cradling their pappooses among the swaying branches of birch trees. This protected their babies from ground insects, the sun, and wild animals. After first finding it funny, she soon learned all the great reasons for this practice and marveled at the beauty of it. Effie watched the swaying and soothing motion of the topmost branches of the trees. She loved how each baby enjoyed nature, how they listened to the songbirds, observed every ladybug, and smiled at the colors of a butterfly, every little breeze was felt and enjoyed by these young ones; each babe seemed perfectly content. One of the Tribal mothers began to sing a song to the children in her native tongue. As the Muskogee mother sang, Miss Effie observed a small tear running down the mother’s cheek. Lulu se pepe i le pito i luga o le laau, A agi le matagi e luluina le moega pepe, A gau le lala e paʻu ai le moega pepe, Ma o le a sau i lalo pepe, moega pepe ma mea uma. Effie translated the words and kept the tune. She shared it with everyone and it soon became a wildly popular nursery rhyme among the Colonies. The English translation: Rock-a-bye baby on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock, When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, And down will come baby, cradle and all. Why did the Muskogee mother cry? A “bough” is simply a tree branch, and its breaking was used by the Muskogee mothers as an analogy of their little baby growing up. Their little baby would soon outgrow his cradle. With each gently rocking wind, time was passing. One day, little baby would no longer need the protection of his mother. One day, the “branch” would break because her little baby had become too heavy. The “cradle” would fall to the earth - the child, no longer a baby, would dust himself off and grow into a man. The now famous lullaby was first printed in Mother Goose’s Melody. The rest is history. #BeforeMissRachel #BabiesLoveNature #Gooutside

[@adammac125]

Not me seeing this video dropped as I'm trying to find nursery rhymes for my baby 💀

[@gristleboi3205]

Look up "I love you so much" by Barbara Milne. My mom used to sing it to me and it's very wholesome. Plus there's no babies falling out of trees