I always wondered whether this song is adressed to a lover or to a child. On one hand, the song describe what I think of as being a true relationship - to speak, to open up your lover, to share with him your troubles. On the other, the line "Let me send you off to sleep with a 'there, there, now, stop your turning and tossing'" makes me think of a mother trying to get her child to speak to her, to share his trouble and worries with her.
I always wondered whether this song is adressed to a lover or to a child. On one hand, the song describe what I think of as being a true relationship - to speak, to open up your lover, to share with him your troubles. On the other, the line "Let me send you off to sleep with a 'there, there, now, stop your turning and tossing'" makes me think of a mother trying to get her child to speak to her, to share his trouble and worries with her.