Cats In The Cradle

Bekanntheit erlangte 1993 zudem eine coverversion des songs von ugly kid joe.

Cats in the cradle. Cats in the cradle songtext my child arrived just the other day came to the world in the usual way. C 1992 universal records a division of umg recordings inc. Der song erhielt 1975 eine grammy nominierung und wurde 2011 in die grammy hall of fame aufgenommen. Other sources speculate that perhaps it is a reference to an old myth that cats steal the breath of babies in the cradle killing them.

The phrase cat s in the cradle is a classic idiom. Cat s cradle is a two person game played with a string tied in a circle. Cat s in the cradle wurde chapins einziger nummer eins hit und gilt als seine bekannteste single. Cats in the cradle harry chapin my child arrived just the other day he came to the world in the usual way but there were planes to catch and bills to pay he.

The two people use their hands to make different shapes with the string. What s more you aren t likely to be able to figure out that meaning through deduction. But there were planes to catch and bills to pay. Taken together its words mean something entirely different than they would on their own literally a cat inside a baby s cradle.