 | John Burroughs - 1895 - 296 pages
...to regret, for not long after, on a stormy night, the branch gave way and fell to the ground: — " When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, And down will come baby, cradle and all." Such a cavity makes a snug, warm home, and when the entrance is on the under... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1895 - 296 pages
...to regret, for not long after, on a stormy night, the branch gave way and fell to the ground : — " When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, And down will come baby, cradle and all." Such a cavity makes a snug, warm home, and when the entrance is on the under... | |
 | 1901 - 500 pages
...Olive Tlwrne Miller. THERE are many harmless snakes in our own country, and ROCK-A-BY SONG. "Rock-a-by, baby, upon the tree-top, When the wind blows the cradle...rock, When the bough breaks the cradle will fall'' — Down comes my little one, Down comes my pretty one, Down comes my precious one, cradle and all.... | |
 | Lottie E. Jones - 1897 - 120 pages
...river kind Germany blue-eyed lonely Hans homesick understand strange Rock-a-bye, baby, On the tree top! When the wind blows The cradle will rock; When the bough breaks The cradle will fall; Down will come rock-a-bye, Good night, Sleep tight, baby and all. Wake up bright, In the morning light,... | |
 | F. Grace Seymour - 1898 - 158 pages
...The baby birds have a cradle. Where is the cradle? The nest is the birds' cradle. Rock-a-bye baby, On the tree-top, When the wind blows The cradle will rock, When the bough breaks The cradle will fall, Down will come baby THE GOOD TIME PRIMER. stem. The leaf lias a The rocks the leaf. The leaf on a tree.... | |
 | Benjamin Wade Burleigh - 1898 - 200 pages
...w'ile the lazy louts In town Air groomin' theirselfs down, To crack my whip 'n' sing: "Rockaby baby on the tree-top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock, When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, 'N down will come baby, cradle, 'n' all." Take it October days, W'en corn is ripe; 'N' sunshine, kind... | |
 | Francis Wayland Parker, Nellie Lathrop Helm - 1898 - 190 pages
...play leads directly to close and careful study. ON THE SHADY NOOK. " ROCK-A-BY baby on the tree top ; When the wind blows the cradle will rock ; When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, Then down will come cradle, baby, and all." "Lie down, Marianna, and go to sleep. That's right ; shut... | |
 | Elizabeth Grinnell, Joseph Grinnell - 1898 - 176 pages
...tilt in the breeze, makes a good rocker of the old-fashioned sort. " Rock-a-bye baby on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock ; When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, Down comes baby, cradle and all." But it is a very hard wind that can break one of these rocker boughs... | |
 | 1898 - 230 pages
...her lap; ADDIK sitting a little apart from the rest sewing. NELLIE [singing~\. Rock-a-by, baby, On the tree-top, When the wind blows The cradle will rock; When the bough bends The cradle will fall, Down comes rock-a-by, Baby and all. ALICE [softly]. Hush, everybody, I... | |
 | Susie Montgomery Best - 1899 - 24 pages
...first stanza of " Rock-a-bye," from "Song and Study," by Bertha F. Vella.) Rock-a-bye babies, in a tree-top, When the wind blows, the cradle will rock ; When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall ; Down will come rock-a-bye babies, and all. Buds (recitation) : — But Spring sent the message, Mother... | |
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When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, And down will come baby, cradle and all. 
