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...THE CHILD ALONE: 6. BLOCK CITY by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON ITYLUS by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE THE FALCON by GRACE UPDEGRAFF BERGEN EMPORIUM VERSUS NEW YORK, 1854 by JACOB BIGELOW UNTIL DEATH by ANNE CHARLOTTE LYNCH BOTTA A MOTHER'S SONG by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH KINDAR BURIAL SERVICE by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON |