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Old-fashioned versus essential In their introduction to their 'Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes', UK nursery rhyme gurus, Iona and Peter Opie, quote a Roman lullaby, more than 2,000 years old – Lalla, lalla, lalla, aut dormi aut lacte (literally ‘Lalla, lalla, lalla – either sleep or feed’) – whose sounds alone sum up the ageless frustration of parents trying to settle a fretful baby. Back in the 1950s, when their dictionary was published, the Opies were confident in stating that ‘wherever the English word is spoken, children become joyful and wise listening to the same traditional verses’, such as 'Sing a Song of Sixpence' and 'Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake'. If however the Opies were conducting their studies today, they would uncover a very different story. Research recently commissioned by toy firm John Crane Ltd, reveals that parents are rejecting traditional lullabies to sing their children to sleep, in favour of chart-topping pop songs. Half of the 2,...
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