...be sung ; as, for instance — Little Bopeep has lost his sheep ; Hush-a-bye baby on the tree-top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock ; When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, And down come baby, cradle and all. Or that striking and mysterious one of the beggars — Hark ! hark...

...Livingstone experienced when shaken by the lion that held him in its jaws. The old rhyme, " Lullaby, baby, on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock," &c., is probably of Lappish origin, as it is customary to hang the cradle, or baby-case, in which the...

...Then she beat them all well, and Then get you gone, you drunken sent them to bed. sot. Hush-a-bye, baby, on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock. Young lambs to sell, When the bough breaks the era- Young lambs to sell, die will fall, If I'd as much...

...twinkle, little star " Mr. Smith :— " Cradled on yonder lofty pine." Nursery Song: — " Hush-a-by, baby, on the tree top ; When the wind blows the cradle will rock." After such "damning proof" as this we do not wonder that "Punch" says, "There is not a single word...

...that his work may be cut short in righteousness, we must operate together. And not, what ? " Lullaby baby on the tree top, when the wind blows the cradle will rock." We have had enough of that; let us now begin more earnestly to seek after the wisdom and power of God...

...don't know one air from t'other ! National Ballad — UNA — To its own air. Hush a bye baby upon the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will...; When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, Down tumbles baby and cradle and all. Hark, how he snores ! asleep already fast LAZ. There is a match for...

...housekeepers, and mothers, think they have no time for music, unless it be to sing to the baby, " Rock a-by baby on the tree top, • When the wind blows the cradle will rock." She should make time for music. Nothing can please a husband, and bless a home more. You will find...

...sheep-keeping time. Here is another, the savage origin of which is transparent: — " Rock-a-bye baby upon the tree top; When the wind blows the cradle will rock, When the bough bends the cradle will fall, Down will come baby and cradle and all." The scene referred to is explained...

...The clock struck "One," The mouse ran down, Hickory, dickory dock. Hush-a-by, baby, on the tree-top, When the wind blows, the cradle will rock; When the...breaks, the cradle will fall Down comes hush-a-by, cradle, and all. 55 GETTING A DRINK. See the girl on the tub. Will she get wet ? No, she will not get...

...and every child must be well acquainted with the old cradle song — " Lullaby, baby, on a tree-top ; When the wind blows, the cradle will rock ; When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall ; And down will come cradle, and baby, and all." Very few, however, know -the origin of these lines....