Many years you have lingered around my cabin door

Oh hard times come again no more

Oh hard times come again no more

Oh hush a bye hard times, go ye away

Cause my hungry baby wants a gingerbread cake

Not a cow in the barn yard no money to spend

Not an egg in the hayloft, no little red hen



Chorus:



So, hush a bye baby don't cry no more

Your mama can't give you what you're crying for

There's a wolf at the door with an angry

Cold hungry stare, he keeps howling of hard times

And the cupboard is bare



Oh, hush a bye hard times go ye to rest

Cause my ragged baby wants a new ruffled dress

And she wants some new shoes with buckles to wear

And she wants some silver bows for her golden hair



Repeat chorus twice



Hush a bye hard times go ye away

I don't intend to be treated this way



So, hush a bye baby

Hush a bye hard times

Hush a bye baby

Don't cry no more

Hush a bye hard times

Hush a bye baby

Hush a bye hard times

Come ye no more



Fade:



Many years you have lingered around my cabin door

Hush a bye hard times

Come ye no more

Hush a bye baby

Hush a bye hard times

Hush a bye baby

Don't cry no more

Hush a bye hard times

Hush a bye baby

Hush a bye hard times

Come ye no more