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"The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" is a song by British rock group The Smiths.
The song borrowed its title from the oft-quoted poem by William Ross Wallace, changing it into "As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine.
The original Wallace quote "...is the hand that rules the world," is reassembled as a first-person narrative; after each increasingly disturbing verse the insistent chorus boasts "as long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine..."
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Is The Hand That Rules The World is a poem by William Ross Wallace, that praised motherhood as the preeminent force for change in the world.
The song The Hand that Rocks the Cradle by the English band, The Smiths borrowed only the title from the oft-quoted poem, after each increasingly perverted verse, the chorus echoes the demand "As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine.
As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine...