You are going to hell, sinner.
Eric Wilde | Homepage | 07.30.09 - 10:18 pm | #

FWIW, I said that prayer as a child as well. Did me no good either.
Eric Wilde | Homepage | 07.30.09 - 10:18 pm | #

That reminds me of Father Mulcahy's take on that very same prayer in a MASH segment:

Now I lay me down to sleep
A bag of candy at my feet.
If I should die before I wake
Give them to my brother, Jake!

Witchay Woman | 07.30.09 - 11:09 pm | #

ww,i like THAT prayer!
sherry | Homepage | 07.31.09 - 10:40 am | #

That was the bedtime prayer my parents had me say back in the 1950's!
When at about age 7 it dawned on me what it meant to die, I refused to say it anymore!
Sheesh. And all those bloody Grimms fairy tales, too!
Well, we're happy adults now despite it all, yes?
isabelita | 07.31.09 - 1:27 pm | #

I think this prayer did a lot damage to a lot of us. Making a child think about death and the possibility of not waking up....what were our parents thinking?

I can say for sure that I did not do this to my own kids.
seventh sister | Homepage | 07.31.09 - 3:30 pm | #

Rock-a-bye baby in the treetop
When the wind blows the cradle will rock
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall
And down will come cradle, baby and all.
Blueberry | Homepage | 07.31.09 - 5:12 pm | #