Comprehension

[watervole]

 Oswin will be two in April.  She has very few words as yet (I can recognise her word for 'cheese' now - she has her priorities right), but her comprehension is well developed.

Usually Richard puts her to bed when she stays overnight with us, but he's out this evening so I did it instead.

I read her a bedtime story and pop her in the cot.  Unhappy, Oswin stands up immediately and looks ready to have a paddy if I leave the room.

"If you lie down, Granny will sing a song to you."

Looks hesitant, but lies down.

I start singing a song I learnt at school.  The 'Uist Tramping Song'.  Haven't sung that in years, don't even know why it came into my head.  ]

Oswin listens for half a verse, then starts to sit up again.

"No, you have to stay lying down."

She lies down again.  I finish the song, give her the 'Manchester Rambler' for good luck and she's out.  Fast asleep and dead to the world.

I see lots of songs in my future. I regard this as a good thing.  

I'm looking forward to the day when she'll be able to sing all these songs with me.

"The Spinners - Manchester Rambler" (Watch on YouTube)

Comments

[ranunculus]

No, No, I want the Uist Tramping Song!! Right up my alley.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Ah, Oswin is a clever girl, hahahaha! But you are a clever granny as well.:-)
I like the song and I hope I will be able to use this on Anicka too. I haven´t had a chance to put her is her bed in the evening yet but it will come soon, actually in April, when a new baby is expected and Anicka will be here with me and without her mami for the first time in her life. Any help will be welcome!!!:-)

[watervole.livejournal.com]

It's a song with a story behind it. Most of my favourite folk songs have a story to tell.

It was written in 1932 to celebrate the mass trespass on Kinder Scout- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_trespass_of_Kinder_Scout which was one of the factors leading to the setting up of National Parks in England and Wales.

There used to be no right of access for walkers on the moors. Now there is.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the link. This is a very interesting historical connection. In our modern history, we have always had "open country", no restriction for "tresspassing".
I like the song very much!

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

I like the song! I'm sure she will too, and singing with the littlies is one of life's simple joys:)