March 1, 2004

  • The Previously Unrealized Homogeneity of My Childhood Upbringing


    I just realized that the “A-B-C” song, “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”, and “Baa Baa Blacksheep” all carry the same exact melody.


    I’m in shock with awe: My childhood was nearly mono-melodic and I wasn’t even mindful of it.


    It’s also the same tune used in an old French childhood song called  “Ah! Vous dirais-je, Maman”


    Ah ! vous dirais-je, Maman,
    Ce qui cause mon tourment
    Papa veut que je raisonne,
    Comme une grande personne.
    Moi je dis que les bonbons
    Valent mieux que la raison

    (Ah! I would tell you, Mom
    what causes my torment.
    Papa wants me to reason
    Like an adult.
    Me, I say that candy
    Is worth more than reason.)


    Now I want some candy.  Gimme some.


    At least I learned the “The Bear Went Over The Mountain” as a sole source of variety in my younger years.


    *thinks about it, begins to blur and involutedly self-doubt*


    Please, someone, reassure me that the Bear song isn’t the same as the others!

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