A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes/Rock-a-bye, baby, thy cradle is green

by Sabine Baring-Gould

For other versions of this work, see Rock-a-bye Baby.

LXV.

Rock-a-bye, baby, thy cradle is green,
Father's a nobleman, mother's a queen.
And Betty's a lady, and wears a gold ring,
And Johnny's a drummer, and drums for the king.