If that something won't something, Momma's gonna buy you another thing

never got past the 2nd or 3rd verse, but looks like mama kind of hit the bottom of the barrel somewhere along the way

fixed: diamond ring
broken: unbarking dog

so how do you get them across the river without them eating eachother?

You wd think after the cart & bull disaster of aught four, she'd be wary of getting another horse and cart, darnit.

Honestly, she's as bad as the old lady who swallowed a fly. Do these people never learns.

I like the idea that this is being sung to a baby, who apparently likes both Victorian novelties for the parlor and agrarian workbeasts.

I love how horrible some lullabies are. When I was a wee kiddie, I used to be secretly delighted by the idea of the bough breaking and the cradle falling, smashing baby all over the ground.

...um, I think that may explain a lot about me.

I want the chemical equation for a diamond ring turning to brass.

Why am I scared now :|

So those are the words. I used to sing to my daughter:

And if that diamond ring don't shine
Momma's going to buy you a bottle of wine

Which, in retrospect, strikes me as irresponsible.

After that it was a free for all of improvisation. Eg, the bottle of wine might go sour (or 'flat', if you're Paul Weller), which rhymes with 'desert flower' (or 'cricket bat') etc etc until the little monster falls asleep.

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Apparently not thru looking glass here.