Dere's a li'l' yaller cradle Hangin' in de sky. Swing, li'l' cradle, swing. En mammy am a-rockin' En singin' lullerby. Swing, li'l' cradle, swing. Stars upon deir tippytoes In a crooked row, Am sayin', Hush yo' mouf, To all de worl' below, En w'isperin' a song, En disaway it go: Swing, li'l' cradle, swing. Swing, li'l' cradle, swing, swing, Swing--a way up in de sky. Rockerby, lullerby, husherby--by, Spring's in de cradle, sing to de cradle, Swing, li'l' cradle, swing. Li'l' pickaninny Am rockin' fur en high, Swing, li'l' cradle, swing. She's puckerin' her face En startin' fer to cry, Swing, li'l' cradle, swing. Husherby, mah honey, Don' you fuss no mo': Mammy spanked de clouds En shood 'em f'om de do'. Don' you fret, mah sweetums, Ef you wants ter grow. Swing, li'l' cradle, swing. Swing, li'l' cradle, swing, swing, Swing--a way up in de sky. Rockerby, lullerby, husherby--by, Spring's in de cradle, sing to de cradle, Swing, li'l' cradle, swing. W'en you grows up bigger Wot'll mammy do? Swing, li'l' cradle, swing. Mammy lak you big, But she lak you li'l', too. Swing, li'l' cradle, swing. Sech a great big worl'. En sech a monst'ous sky! Smile en show yer manners, Den shet dat peepin' eye. We's all a-gwin ter res' En go sleepin' bimeby-- Swing, li'l' cradle, swing. Swing, li'l' cradle, swing, swing, Swing--a way up in de sky. Rockerby, lullerby, husherby--by, Spring's in de cradle, sing to de cradle, Swing, li'l' cradle, swing. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MONTEREY [SEPTEMBER 23, 1846] by CHARLES FENNO HOFFMAN A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 26 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 50 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN JINNY THE JUST by MATTHEW PRIOR AMOR MUNDI by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI JERUSALEM; THE EMANATION OF THE GIANT ALBION: CHAPTER 3 by WILLIAM BLAKE PRIDE OF THE VILLAGE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN IN VINCULIS; SONNETS WRITTEN IN AN IRISH PRISON: CONDEMNED by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |