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Adorable Baby Is Adorable

2010-05-19 · John · watch on YouTube · Personal life · comedy performance

John explains that he and Sarah make up their own lullaby lyrics and sings his escalating, increasingly absurd version of 'Hush, Little Baby' for their baby son, ending that buying things is not the best way to get babies to sleep.

What is said

00:00:00 — John and Sarah know lullaby tunes but not words, so they invent lyrics, notably for what Daddy will buy their son

  • ★★ John says he and Sarah know the tunes of many lullabies but not the words, so they have made up their own lyrics. (playful) — 00:00:00 · Sarah Urist Green
  • ★★ John says the weirdest case is their list of things Daddy will buy their baby son if the mockingbird doesn't sing. (playful) — 00:00:00

00:00:24 — John sings his escalating 'Hush, Little Baby' lyrics; ending and sign-off

  • ★★ John sings the escalating list: a diamond ring, wine, a superpower, an erupting volcano, a diaper rash, polka dots, a Pacific isle, the Sultanate of Oman, water lilies and a hand-knit quilt. (parody) — 00:00:24
  • ★★ The song ends with Daddy grappling with the fact that buying goods and services may benefit the economy but is not necessarily the best way to get babies to sleep. (playful) — 00:02:10

Humor (dominant)

  • The list of purchases escalates from a superpower to an erupting volcano. — 00:00:51 > «Daddy's gonna buy you a diaper rash»
  • After Daddy can't afford a Pacific isle and defaults on his loan, the lullaby escalates to a whole country. — 00:01:42 > «Daddy's gonna buy you the Sultanate of Oman»
  • If after all that the baby still weeps, Daddy must face a hard truth. — 00:02:10 > «while buying goods and services may benefit the economy, it's not necessarily the best way to get babies to sleep.»

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