The Crow On The Cradle (Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964)

[Verse 1]

The sheep's in the meadow

The cow's in the corn

Now is the time for a child to be born

Reach for the moon

And laugh at the sun

If he's a boy he'll carry a gun

Sang the crow on the cradle

[Verse 2]

If it should be that this baby's a girl

Never you mind if her hair doesn't curl

Rings on her fingers

And bells on her toes

And a bomber above her wherever she goes

Sang the crow on the cradle

[Verse 3]

Rock-a-by-baby

The black and the white

Somebody's baby was born for a fight

Rock-a-by-baby

The white and the black

Somebody's baby is not coming back

Sang the crow on the cradle

[Verse 4]

Now you're Mami and Papi

They scrape and they save

For they build you a coffin and they dig you a grave

Hush-a-bye little one, never you weep

'Cause we've got a toy that can put you to sleep

Sang the crow on the cradle

[Verse 5]

Bring me a gun, and I'll shoot that bird dead

That's what your Mami and your Papi once said

Crow on the cradle, tell me what shall I do?

That is a thing I'll leave up to you

Sang the crow on the cradle

Sang the crow on the cradle