Nursery rhyme
Nursery rhyme noun - A tale in rhymed verse for children.
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Rock and nursery rhyme are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rock" instead a noun phrase "Nursery rhyme".
Rock
Rock noun - A usually valuable stone cut and polished for ornament.
Nursery rhyme and rock are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nursery rhyme" instead a noun "Rock".
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- Ironic Nursery Tune: "The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man" ends with a child's voice singing, "We will rock you, rock you little snake/We will keep you snug and warm" like a nursery rhyme.
Source: Music / Supper's Ready -
Ironic Nursery Rhyme: Not the usual creepy manifestation of this trope, but in "A Cup of Time" the villain of the episode who has since become a singing sensation turns her favorite nursery rhyme, "I'm a Little Teapot", into a rock song.
- People not familiar with the music of Restoration England tend to wonder why Britain's English-language service to the world uses an up-tempo version of the nursery rhyme Rock-a-bye baby, in the tree top/When the wind blows, the cradle will rock... as its theme tune.
Source: "Weird Al" Effect
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