The Boneyman will come and get you!In Britain during the Napoleonic Wars Napoleon Bonaparte replaced
The Boneyman will come and get you!In Britain during the Napoleonic Wars Napoleon Bonaparte replaced the Boogeyman as the night time terror of choice to keep children quite. Parents warned their children, “the Boneyman will come and gobble you up”. An early 19th century English lullaby,Baby, baby, naught baby,Hush! you squalling thing, I say;Peace this instant! Peace! or maybeBonaparte will pass this way.Baby, baby, he’s a giant,Black and tall as Rouen’s steeple,Sups and dines and lives reliantEvery day on naughty people.Baby, baby, if he hears youAs he gallops past the house,Limb from limb at once he’ll tear youJust as pussy tears a mouse.And he’ll beat you, beat you, beat you,And he’ll beat you all to pap:And he’ll eat you, eat you, eat you,Gobble you, gobble you, snap! snap! snap! -- source link
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