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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ENGLISH FOLK LULLABY, by ANONYMOUS First Line: "hush-a-bye, lie still and sleep" Last Line: An' ye'll get a piece when the baker comes in | |||
Hush-a-bye, lie still and sleep, It grieves me sore to see thee weep, For when thou weep'st thou wearies me, Hush-a-bye, lie still and bye. You shall have a new bonnet, With blue ribbons to tie on it, With a hush-a-bye, and a lull-a-baby, Why so like to Tommy's daddy. Rock well my cradle And "bee-baa," my son, You shall have a new gown When ye Lord come home. O! still my child, Orange, Still him with a bell; I can't still him, ladie, Till you come down yoursell! Where was a jewel and pretty, Where was a sugar and spicey, Hush-a-bye, babe, in the cradle, And we'll go abroad in a tricey. Hush-a-baa, baby, dinna mak' a din, An' ye'll get a piece when the baker comes in. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest..."'TIS MIDNIGHT, AND THE SETTING SUN" by ANONYMOUS "'TWAS ROLLOG, AND THE MINIM POTES" by ANONYMOUS 1648 : FOR COSSACKS by ANONYMOUS A CHERRY YEAR / A MERRY YEAR by ANONYMOUS A COMET FROM THE RHYMERS' CLUB AFAR by ANONYMOUS "A FOX, A FOX, UP GALLANTS TO THE FIELDS" by ANONYMOUS A HORSE AND A FLEA AND THREE BLIND MICE by ANONYMOUS "A LAIRD, A LORD / A COOPER, A THIEF" by ANONYMOUS A LITTLE COCK SPARROW SAT ON A GREEN TREE by ANONYMOUS |
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