Dolly dear, sandman's near, you will soon be sleeping.

[raccoon]

Anybody else remember this from John Thompson's TEACHING LITTLE FINGERS TO PLAY, a primer for piano students?

The words sound kind of sinister to me...

[raccoon]

1. Maybe I should've posted this in Seniors? nt

[Silver Swan]

2. I remember it well.

I never thought of it as sinister, although it is played in the bass clef, in the key of A-minor, as I recall, so it does have a spooky tone to it.

[mzteris]

3. YES!

And

"In a row
Up We Go
to a birthday par - - ty!"

[susanr516]

4. Now I remember it!

That was my first piano book, back in 1960, I guess.

[frogmarch]

5. I remember it. Now, thanks to you,

it's an earworm! lol

Remember "Papa Haydn's dead and gone, but his memory lingers on..."?

Edited to add the rest:

"When his heart was filled with bliss, he wrote merry tunes like this."

(I'm a bit like the Monk character at times, so I had to add the last part when I remembered it.)

[Dinger]

6. Yeah, I Taught That Book To Beginning Piano Students At One Time

But, yeah, those words are creepy.