Hush-a-bye, baby,
Feel no alarm,
Gunmen shall guard you,
Lest Mother should harm.
Wake in your cradle,
Hear father curse!
Is n't that better
Than Mother or Nurse?
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The Newer Lullaby · Alice Duer Miller · Poetry Cove