Lyrics
(Folk song)
1. Hush little baby, don’t say a word,
Papa’s gonna buy you a mockingbird.
2. If that mockingbird don’t sing,
Papa’s gonna buy you a diamond ring.
3. If that diamond ring turns brass,
Papa’s gonna buy you a looking glass.
4. If that looking glass gets broke,
Papa’s gonna buy you a billy goat.
5. If that billy goat don’t pull,
Papa’s gonna buy you a cart and bull.
6. If that cart and bull turn over,
Papa’s gonna buy you a dog named Rover.
7. If that dog named Rover don’t bark,
Papa’s gonna buy you a horse and cart.
8. If that horse and cart fall down,
You’ll still be the sweetest little baby in town.
Recorder notes: D, G, A, B, C’
See also
- Subjects: animals / family / Music Program: Mother Goose
- Types: lullaby / nursery rhyme
- Harmony: Orff arrangements / chords I V
- Melody: D,G,A,B,C
- Meter: 4
- Scale: pentachord
- Tones: drmfs
- Source: American Folk Songs for Children,Ruth Crawford Seeger, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948
- PDF of song with chords + Orff arrangement
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
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