The Crow on the Cradle-Mary Black

[00:01.84]Mary Black-The Crow On The Cradle [00:23.72]The sheep's in the meadow [00:27.22]The cow's in the corn [00:31.09]Now is the time for a child to be born [00:40.65]You'll laugh at the moon [00:44.09]and you'll cry for the sun [00:48.40]And if it's a boy he'll carry a gun [00:55.72]Sang the crow on the cradle [01:06.21] [01:11.90]And if it should be that this baby's a girl [01:19.27]Never you mind if her hair doesn't curl [01:27.03]With rings on her fingers [01:31.03]bells on her toes [01:34.77]A shadow above her wherever she goes [01:41.28] [01:41.90]Sang the crow on the cradle [01:52.03] [01:58.53]The crow on the cradle [02:02.40]The black on the white [02:06.46]Somebody's baby is born for a fight [02:13.90]The crow on the cradle [02:17.78]The white on the black [02:21.86]Somebody's baby is not coming back [02:28.29] [02:29.04]Sang the crow on the cradle [02:39.12] [02:44.18]Sang the crow on the cradle [02:54.56] [03:16.74]Bring me my gun and I'll shoot that bird dead [03:24.68]That's what your mother and father once said [03:32.81] [03:34.12]A crow on the cradle what can we do [03:41.81]This is the thing I must leave up to you [03:48.49]Sang the crow on the cradle [04:04.18]Sang the crow on the cradle