WONDER #2240: Who Wrote “Rock-A-Bye Baby”?

Question 1 of 3

“Rock-A-Bye Baby” was first published in Mother Goose’s Melody in which year?

1. 1492
2. 1765
3. 1865
4. 1911

Question 2 of 3

Some believe “Rock-A-Bye Baby” originated in America when the pilgrims saw who place their babies in birch-bark cradles high in trees?

1. bears
2. pilgrims
3. Native Americans
4. Canadians

Question 3 of 3

Some people believe “Rock-A-Bye Baby” was written in 1872 by Effie, a relative of whom?

1. Davy Crockett
2. Wile E. Coyote
3. Foghorn Leghorn
4. Teddy Roosevelt

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