 | Henry Barnard - 1864 - 422 str.
..." ROCK-A-BY, BABY."—Every body of course, has heard the old nursery rhyme: " Roek-a-by baby upon the tree top ; When the wind blows the cradle will...rock; When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall, And down will come cradle, baby and all." One of our exchanges thus gives the origin : Shortly after... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1853 - 504 str.
...Halliwell's "Nursery Rhymes." Even the baby in the cradle is demolished, — " Hush-a-by Baby, All on the tree top ! When the wind blows The cradle will rock ; When the bolighs break, The cradle will fall, — Down tumbles huah-a-by Baby, and all I" Bravo ! excellent... | |
 | William Keddie - 1854 - 400 str.
...of American mothers, very few of whom ever knew or cared for its origin : — ' Lullaby baby, upon the tree top ; When the wind blows the cradle will rock : When the bough breaks the cradle will fall ; And down comes lullaby, baby, and all.'" LOED BYRON'S MOTHER. Lord Byron was afflicted with a club... | |
 | 1856 - 462 str.
...your fat neck as the 'ittle birds did 1" Then he began to sing— " Hushaby, baby, on the tree-top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock ; When the bough breaks the cradle will fall : Down comes poor baby, cradle and all !" How long Tom would have gone on tormenting the child no one can tell,... | |
 | Charlotte Maria Tucker - 1856 - 114 str.
...your fat neck as the 'ittle birds did !" Then he began to sing — " Hushaby, baby, on the tree-top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock ; When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, Down comes poor baby, cradle and all!" How long Tom might have gone on tormenting the child no one can tell, if... | |
 | George W. Henry - 1856 - 486 str.
...preaching comes down in dulcet strains, on itching ears, like our mother's Lullaby baby, upon the tree-top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock, When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, Then down come preachers, church-members and all. The " fourth of July" toast we have quoted, insinuates... | |
 | 1857 - 564 str.
...the wild echoes fljiug." MR. SMITH. " Cradled on yonder lofty pine." Nursery Song. " Hush-a-by babVj on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock." MR. SMITH. " No character that scrvant-«vji»d)i asked." POPE. "Most teamen have no characters at... | |
 | George Brewster - 1858 - 464 str.
...melody, that I once loved so well, and that to this day enchants all babydom. " Rock a bye baby upon the tree top, When the wind blows, the cradle will rock ; When the tree breaks, the cradle will fall, Down comes cradle, tree, baby, and all." A long walk brought us... | |
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Rockabye Baby, on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock, When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, Down will come baby, cradle and all. 
