# What song says something about rocking chairs, angels, a baby, and in Heaven?

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**Created:** [December 1, 2002, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-says-something-about-rocking-chairs-angels-a-baby-and-in-heaven/139818 "2002-12-01T20:14:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrentLumkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@BrentLumkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrentLumkin)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-says-something-about-rocking-chairs-angels-a-baby-and-in-heaven/139818/1 "2002-12-01T20:14:34Z")

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Please help me, this is very important to us. It is a religious song I think, and is done by a woman, I believe.

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**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-says-something-about-rocking-chairs-angels-a-baby-and-in-heaven/139818/2 "2002-12-01T23:45:25Z")

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Does it go like this?

\*Where has my baby gone?  
She said in surprise.

The angels replied:  
"Oh, your baby 'as gone down the plug 'ole  
Your baby 'as gone down the plug,  
The poor little thing was so skinny and thin,  
It should have been washed in a jug.

Your baby is perfectly ‘appy,  
He don’t need a bath any more,  
He’s a-playin’ in 'eaven…\*

No?  
Didn’t think so.

~Raven

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**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-says-something-about-rocking-chairs-angels-a-baby-and-in-heaven/139818/3 "2002-12-02T00:36:04Z")

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Oh, lord… I just read your other post in IMHO. I’m so sorry about your loss… and please believe me, I wasn’t making light of it. I didn’t know the full story, and this song just leapt into my head.

Again, I’m sorry.

~Raven

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**Author:** ![BrentLumkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@BrentLumkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrentLumkin)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-says-something-about-rocking-chairs-angels-a-baby-and-in-heaven/139818/4 "2002-12-02T00:37:27Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by loneraven \*  
> \*\*Oh, lord… I just read your other post in IMHO. I’m so sorry about your loss… and please believe me, I wasn’t making light of it. I didn’t know the full story, and this song just leapt into my head.
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> Again, I’m sorry.
> 
> ~Raven \*\*

No worries, I should have went into the details here, it’s just so hard. Chalk this up to my fault, as usual.

I’ll post about the entire situation soon, just not right now.

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**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-says-something-about-rocking-chairs-angels-a-baby-and-in-heaven/139818/5 "2002-12-02T00:46:28Z")

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Please check the other thread in IMHO, I posted there.