BOOK REVIEW: DOWN BY THE BAY, a traditional song illustrated by Sylvia Ion,
is a playful, traditional song and this version is special in
several ways. Firstly, the ethnicicity of the child is
marvelously ambiguous. Asian? Native American?
Caucasian? Indian? African American? Any child can
identify with this character. Secondly, Any mother who is
so jolly as to say such silly things would probably be full of
surprises with interesting animal friends. Try making up
some of your own silly sayings.
Down by the baywhere
the watermelons grow,
Back to my homeI
dare not go, For if I do, My mother will say,
"Did you ever see a goosekissing
a moose, Down by the bay?"
Down by the bay where...
Back to my home...
"Did you ever see a bear,combing
his hair...
Down by the bay...
Back to my home...
"Did you ever see a whalewith
a polka-dot tail...
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