Throw Back Thursday – Ella Tales

The Daddy Diary – To Kill a Mockingbird

A parent will do anything to get their baby to go to sleep.  I tried singing, but my soothing rendition of “Enter Sandman” by Metallica wasn’t working on  Ella.  So, I had to switch to a children’s classic.

It’s only after you have a baby that you realize you don’t know all the words to that mockingbird song.  I couldn’t get past the second line.  What the heck comes after diamond ring?  So as I was singing my little girl to sleep, I had to make up my own version.  It was starting to work as I saw her doze off, so I sure as heck couldn’t stop.  Writing a song at 4 in the morning when you are sleep deprived is a little difficult.  I was able to maintain the rhyme scheme, but because that diamond ring wouldn’t shine, this daddy dealt heroin and bought his daughter a glockenspiel.  And then it got inappropriate.   Was it a Nickelodeon-approved lullaby? Lord, no.  Was it effective? I submit Exhibit A into evidence.