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Rock-A-Bye-Baby 
Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme, 1833

Rock-a-bye, baby, your cradle is green, 
Father's a nobleman, mother's a queen; 
And Betty's a lady, and wears a gold ring, 
And Johnny's a drummer, and drums for the king.