Shortly after the start of the Japanization Movement in 1941, World War II broke out. Later in the war there were daily air raids as Allied Forces bombed the island. Missing his wife and newborn baby, both of whom were taking shelter in Tainan, Lu Chuan-sheng wrote "Rock the Baby," which scholars consider an unforgettable "coda" marking the end of the first golden age of Taiwanese pop music.
隨著皇民運動雷厲風行，二次大戰爆發，空襲警報終日作響，當盟軍炸彈落在台灣土地上，學院派的呂泉生人在炮火最烈的台北城，思念在台南躲避空襲、剛生產後的妻子與幼子，在一九四五年寫下了獻給天下母親的「搖嬰仔歌」，為台語歌曲的黃金時代譜下一個難忘的休止符。