Talk:Hush, Little Baby

message: It never made sense to me to have "diamond ring" turn brass---the diamond is the precious part, not the metal.  On the other hand, a golden ring turning brass seems more sense. Has anyone heard a variant with "golden ring" instead of "diamond ring?"
WiJO-- I remember the rhyme as being "if that diamond ring don't shine" instead of "turns brass." I can't quite remember the rest of that variant, though.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.100.56.110 (talk) 23:20, August 24, 2007 (UTC) 
I heard "If that looking glass don't shine" and "If that diamond ring turns/is glass". Also, in the last line, I always heard "baby" as "babe" to preserve cadence 71.210.4.194 19:34, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Diamond ring or golden ring? 

message: its how most people remember it later in life because diamond ring don't usually turn brass or is brass.
== John Green ==
I don't think that John Green version belongs here. Anyone can make up a song and post it on YouTube. It's hardly culturally significant. --72.34.180.28 (talk) 05:06, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Citations are needed for verification, throughout the article. Reliable sources discussing the song should be cited. - SummerPhD (talk) 03:12, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

text: While there are certainly numerous variations, folklore researchers record and publish versions they encounter. By citing these sources, we report verifiable information, rather than versions reported only here (at Wikipedia) from unknown sources which may accurately reflect variants found "in the wild" or might be versions cooked up by editors seeking to include their own work and/or inside jokes. If there aren't any reliable sources for the "information" in question, it doesn't belong here. - SummerPhD (talk) 03:11, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

text: If that diamond ring doesn't shine 82.12.134.116 (talk) 05:09, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: if that diamond ring doesn't do a thing

message: I don't think that John Green version belongs here. Anyone can make up a song and post it on YouTube. It's hardly culturally significant. --72.34.180.28 (talk) 05:06, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  John Green 

message: Why and where does this article need additional citations for verification? What references does it need and how should they be added? Hyacinth (talk) 02:21, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Citations are needed for verification, throughout the article. Reliable sources discussing the song should be cited. - SummerPhD (talk) 03:12, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

text: While there are certainly numerous variations, folklore researchers record and publish versions they encounter. By citing these sources, we report verifiable information, rather than versions reported only here (at Wikipedia) from unknown sources which may accurately reflect variants found "in the wild" or might be versions cooked up by editors seeking to include their own work and/or inside jokes. If there aren't any reliable sources for the "information" in question, it doesn't belong here. - SummerPhD (talk) 03:11, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Additional citations

message: http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=70082  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.76.54.110 (talk) 17:04, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  song info here 

message: I think that is a very odd interpretation of the song. To me, the "rewards" are instead promises that are meant to be soothing or to show the mother's devotion to the child.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.8.230.136 (talk) 21:36, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: If that diamond ring doesn't shine 82.12.134.116 (talk) 05:09, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewards for being quiet?