☝️ Key Points
- The song is about a crying baby that makes its mother sad.
- Different scenes are described where the king and queen do different things.
- There is also a duchess who always smiles and arrives late for tea.
- The song encourages the child within us to stop crying and not make our mothers sad.
- It is a reminder that we should be happy and not always be sad.
Interpretation
In the song 'Cry Baby Cry' by
the Beatles, it's about a baby who cries and makes his mother sad. The baby should be old enough to know that it shouldn't always cry and be sad.
The song describes different scenes. For example, the King of Marigold is in the kitchen cooking breakfast for the Queen. The Queen is in the living room playing piano for the King's children. Later, the King is in the garden picking flowers for a friend who has come to visit. The Queen is in the playroom painting pictures for the children's holiday.
There is also a Duchess of Kircaldy who always smiles and arrives late for tea. The Duke has problems with a message from the birds and bees in the area.
Later, there is a gathering around the table for a séance in the dark, where voices come from nowhere, made by the children for fun.
The song repeats the refrain 'Cry baby cry, Make your mother sigh, She's old enough to know better' over and over again. This means that the baby should stop crying and making his mother sad, as he is old enough to know that he shouldn't always cry.
The song reminds us that sometimes the baby inside us still cries and is sad, but we should try not to make our mothers sad and instead be happy.