They're Fiercer Than You'd Think

Every night Sam gets three lullabies. The current roster is Farewell To Nova Scotia, then The Mockingbird Song, then Brahms' Lullaby (and always in that order). I have a tendency to start singing too low, and kind of bottom out when I get to "...the seabound coast".

Apparently, this is now how the song is to be sung. Mama gets in trouble if she doesn't sing that line all gravelly. Now, this isn't that surprising; Sam seems to have very specific ways that just about everything should be done. What was surprising was that Julie got the reason tonight.

"Mama, you have to sing like this *demonstration* or the fish will be angry." Or the fish will be angry. There was one line in each song that had to sung just so to keep the fish mollified.

I had no idea.