All Bound For Morning Town

Do children enjoy lullabies anymore?  I remember Bye Baby Bunting, Hush Little Baby (Papa never did buy me that mockingbird) Moon of Silver-White, and a special 'local' one (link at end). 

However, many of us loved to catch the sleepy train to ‘Morning Town.’  Nobody did it better than The Seekers, led by Judith Durham’s amazing voice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foC79VwRUZw&feature=player_embedded#at=35

Bed time was rarely negotiable when we were young.  Certainly nothing on television after 8.30pm was considered appropriate for children.  We had a bunch of fun shows to watch after school if we wanted (but funnily enough, many of us preferred to go play with our friends). 

The “big” night for family TV was probably Sunday.  Who doesn’t remember The Wonderful World Of Disney, and how Uncle Walt seemed so kind (but apparently wasn’t in real life) and wondering which ‘Land’ that week’s programme would visit.  “Please don’t let it be Frontierland” we’d wish, much preferring Fantasyland and Adventureland ... Tomorrowland at a pinch. 

Australians will certainly remember Young Talent Time on a Sunday night, and singing/swaying along to Johnny Young’s “All My Loving” at the end.

 And so to bed ... In the 60s, that meant beds with padded headboards and chenille bedspreads.  In the 70s, more likely turned pine or tubular-framed beds with bold geometric-patterned quilts.  Some children had a fluffy animal-cum-‘pyjama bag’ to put their PJs in.  If we were lucky, we'd get a  bedtime story, told by a real live parent, but amazingly, we were able to sleep without a fix of TV,  Facebook or texting our friends.   And probably had more and better-quality sleep because of it. 

PS  Somebody messaged me to include Puff The Magic Dragon.  Is it a lullaby as such?  Certainly is lovely though, with those words every parent understands too well:  "A dragon lives forever / but not so little boys."