Lyric discussion by marquicerise 

"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)

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