Comments on The Next Voice You Hear: wee conductor

I love to sing "Because I could not stop for death...

2009-04-11T13:36:00.000-05:00

I love to sing "Because I could not stop for death" to the yellow rose of texas. The juxtaposition is just so hilarious.

I had no idea it was the same tune until you just ...

2009-04-09T20:41:00.000-05:00

I had no idea it was the same tune until you just told me. Then you had to throw in "Baa Baa Black Sheep." My mind is blown. Surely there is significance in this. It's like the Fibonacci sequence. Or how you can sing almost any Emily Dickinson poem to the tune of "Yellow Rose of Texas."

Your child is clearly very advanced. Or at least way more advanced than me. Which may be a backhanded compliment.

I've decided to wait on throwing Baa Baa Black She...

2009-04-09T20:28:00.000-05:00

I've decided to wait on throwing Baa Baa Black Sheep into the mix - that may be overwhelming.

And I noticed this as an adult too by singing these songs over and over again to Erin. Perhaps we also knew it as children and just forgot?

I don't think I realized it was the same tune unti...

2009-04-09T17:52:00.000-05:00

I don't think I realized it was the same tune until I was an adult.

It's so fun to see the sense of humor coming out! ...

2009-04-09T10:52:00.000-05:00

It's so fun to see the sense of humor coming out! Annikas favorite joke is to point at everyone around the room and call them the wrong name, then we have to say "No, I'm not dada, I'm mama!!" She thinks its a riot.