Bye, baby Bunting
"Bye, baby Bunting" (Roud 11018) is a popular English-language nursery rhyme and lullaby.
| "Bye, baby Bunting" | |
|---|---|
 Sheet music | |
| Nursery rhyme | |
| Published | 1784 |
| Songwriter(s) | Unknown |
Lyrics and melody
The most common modern version is:
Bye, baby Bunting,
Daddy's gone a-hunting,
Gone to get a rabbit skin
To wrap the baby Bunting in.[1]
Origins
The expression bunting is a term of endearment that may also imply 'plump'.[1] A version of the rhyme was published in 1731 in England.[2] 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.[1]
Notes
- I. Opie and P. Opie, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd edn., 1997), p. 63.
- "Weekly Essays". The Gentleman's Magazine. No. IV. London, England. April 1731. p. 150.
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