Rock-a-bye baby in the treetop

voiceCollected by Irene Carlisle Transcribed by Nathaniel Lucy Sung by Charles and Annie Cagle Woolsey, Arkansas June 20, 1951 Reel 131, Item 4 Your Cradle is Green Rock-a-bye baby your cradle is green Father’s a noble and mother’s a queen Sister’s a lady, she wears a gold ring Brother’s a drummer, he drums for the kingFunding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation