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Version 1

%abc-2.1
X:1
T:The Crow On The Cradle
C:Sydney Carter
M:3/8
L:1/8
Q:1/4=120
K:C
z2 E| AcB| A/2 E3/2 E| AcB| A3|
w:The sheep's in the mea-dow, the cow's in the corn
A3/2 G/2 F| E3/2 D/2 C| B,3/2 E/2 E| A,3-| A,2 E|
w:Now is the time for a child to be born-- He'll
A3/2 c/2 B| A3/2 E/2 E| AcB| G3-| G3|
w:He'll cry for the moon and laugh at the sun
E3/2 E/2 E| E3/2- C/2 D| E C3/2 B,/2|
w:If he's a boy, he'll car-ry a gun
P:chorus
A,E E | DCB, | A,3 | A,3 ||
w:Sang the crow on the cra-dle--
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W:1
W:The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn
W:Now is the time for a child to be born
W:He'll cry for the moon and laugh at the sun
W:If he's a boy, he'll carry a gun
W:
W:ch
W:Sang the crow on the cradle.
W:
W:2
W:If it should happen that our baby's a girl
W:Never you mind if her hair doesn't curl
W:Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
W:And a bomber above her wherever she goes
W:
W:3
W:Rockaby baby the dark and the light
W:Somebody's baby is born for a fight
W:Rockaby baby, the white and the black
W:Somebody's baby is not coming back
W:
W:4
W:Your mammy and pappy, they'll scrape and they'll save
W:Build you a coffin and dig you a grave
W:Hushaby little one, why do you weep
W:We've got a toy that will put you to sleep
W:
W:5
W:Bring me a gun and I'll shoot that bird dead
W:That's what your mammy and pappy once said
W:Crow on the cradle, oh what should I do
W:That is a thing that I leave to you.

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Song by Sydney Carter
Country of origin: England

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