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"Bye, baby Bunting" ( Roud 11018) is an English-language
nursery rhyme A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and other European countries, but usage of the term dates only from the late 18th/early 19th century. The term Mother Goose rhymes is interchangeable with nursery rhymes. Fr ...
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lullaby A lullaby (), or a cradle song, is a soothing song or piece of music that is usually played for (or sung to) children (for adults see music and sleep). The purposes of lullabies vary. In some societies, they are used to pass down cultural knowl ...
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Lyrics and melody

The most common modern version is: Bye, baby Bunting, Daddy's gone a-hunting, Gone to get a rabbit skin o get a little rabbit's skinTo wrap the baby Bunting in. I. Opie and P. Opie, ''The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes'' (Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd edn., 1997), p. 63. : \relative c' \addlyrics From 1784: : << \new ChordNames \chordmode \relative c' \addlyrics >>


Origins

The expression bunting is a term of endearment that may also imply 'plump'. A version of the rhyme was published in 1731 in England. A version in ''Songs for the Nursery'' 1805 had the longer lyrics: Bye, baby Bunting, Father's gone a-hunting, Mother's gone a-milking, Sister's gone a-silking, Brother's gone to buy a skin To wrap the baby Bunting in. (1899).
The Child Life Quarterly
Volumes 1-2'', p.94. C.F. Hodgson & Son


See also

*'' Little Baby Buntin''', a 1987 album


Notes


External links

* Lullabies English nursery rhymes English folk songs English children's songs Traditional children's songs Year of song unknown Songs with unknown songwriters {{song-stub