Crow on the Cradle-Judy Collins

[00:11.296]The sheep's in the meadow, [00:14.129] the cow's in the corn [00:17.695]Now is the time for a child to be born [00:23.895]He'll cry at the moon and he'll laugh at the sun [00:29.878]If he's a boy he'll carry a gun [00:34.945]Sang the crow on the cradle [00:44.844]If it should be that our baby's a girl [00:51.611]Never you mind if her hair doesn't curl [00:57.010]Rings on her fingers, bells on her toes [01:03.226]A bomber above her wherever she goes [01:08.394]Sang the crow on the cradle [01:18.575]Rockabye baby, the dark and the light [01:25.326]Somebody's baby is born for a fight [01:31.242]Rockabye baby, the white and the black [01:38.443]Somebody's baby is not coming back [01:43.825]Sang the crow on the cradle [02:00.206]Your mother and father they'll scrap and they'll save [02:07.548]Build you a coffin and dig you a grave [02:13.626]Hush a bye little one, why do you weep? [02:19.861]We have a toy that will put you to sleep [02:25.960]Sang the crow on the cradle [02:38.712]Bring me a gun and I'll shoot that bird dead [02:45.668]That's what your father and mother once said [02:51.752]Crow on the cradle, what shall I do? [02:58.565]That is the thing I'll leave up to you [03:05.254]Sang the crow on the cradle