Rock-a-bye Baby
"Rock-a-bye Baby" is a nursery rhyme and lullaby. The melody is a variant of the English satirical ballad Lilliburlero
“Hush-a-by baby
On the tree top,
When the wind blows
The cradle will rock.
When the bough breaks,
The cradle will fall,
Down tumbles baby,
Cradle and all.”
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