05
HIPPITY HOP TO BED

O it's hippity hop to bed!

I'd rather sit up instead.

But when father says “must”,

There's nothing but just

Go hippity hop to bed.

[NOTES] This rhyme is said to a child to make the child go to bed. The child moves to the bed with a little run and jump called a hippity hop. The child does not want to go to bed, but when father says it is bed time, the child can do nothing but run and jump to bed.

hippity hop—a run and jump

I'd—I would

sit up—do not go to sleep

must—cannot say no

just—only