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Hush Little Baby

[ Roud 470 ; Ballad Index SBoA164 ; trad.]

Tim Hart sang Hush Little Baby in 1983 on Tim Hart and Friends' album Drunken Sailor and Other Kids Songs. This track was later included on their compilation CD Favourite Nursery Rhymes and Other Children's Songs.

Lyrics

Hush little baby don't say a word
Papa's gonna buy you a mocking bird

And if that mocking bird don't sing
Papa's gonna buy you a diamond ring

And if that diamond ring is brass
Papa's gonna buy you a looking glass

And if that looking glass gets broke
Papa's gonna buy you a billy goat

And if that billy goat won't pull
Papa's gonna buy you a card and bull

And if that card and bull turn over
Papa's gonna buy you a dog named Rover

And if that dog named Rover won't bark
Papa's gonna buy you a horse and cart

And if that horse and cart fall down
You'll still be the prettiest little baby in town