"The Hand that Rocks The Cradle",
title of "Crib"-detective series,1981
"Climb upon my knee, sonny boy..."
"Sonny Boy", Al Jolson
"Over the stones, rattle his bones, he's only a beggar who nobody owns."
Gray's Elegy (original source)
"So rattle her bones all over the stones, she's only a beggar-man whom nobody owns."
The Lion In Love, by Shelagh Delaney (this is the most likely direct source)
"The Hand that Rocks The Cradle", title of "Crib"-detective series,1981
"Climb upon my knee, sonny boy..." "Sonny Boy", Al Jolson
"Over the stones, rattle his bones, he's only a beggar who nobody owns." Gray's Elegy (original source)
"So rattle her bones all over the stones, she's only a beggar-man whom nobody owns." The Lion In Love, by Shelagh Delaney (this is the most likely direct source)