Oh, don't you remember, a long time ago,

Those two little babies, their names I don't know

They were stolen away one bright, summer's day

And left in a wood, so I've heard folks say.



Pretty babes in the wood

Pretty babes in the wood

Oh, don't you remember

Those babes in the wood



Now the day being gone and the night coming on

Those two little babies sat under a stone

They sobbed and they sighed, they sat there and cried

Those two little babies they laid down and died



Pretty babes in the wood

Pretty babes in the wood

Oh, don't you remember

Those babes in the wood



Now the robins so red, how swiftly they sped

They put out their wide wings and over them spread

And all the day long on the branches they throng

They sweetly did whistle and this was their song



Pretty babes in the wood

Pretty babes in the wood

Oh, don't you remember

Those babes in the wood