Editorial note
Author unknown. First appearance: 3rd Australian Edition of the IWW Songbook (c. 1920).
Verse 1
Rock-a-bye baby, on the tree top,
When you grow up, you'll work in a shop;
When you are married, your spouse will work too,
So that the rich will have nothing to do.
Verse 2
Hush-a-bye baby, on the tree top,
When you grow old, your wages will stop;
When you have spent the little you've saved,
Hush-a-bye baby, off to the grave.
♪ Sheet music notation is on this page. Music data not yet extracted — OMR run pending on gg-worker.
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