sing a little baby to sleep

too doo dup too doo doo doo doo doo. you're just a little baby boy six months old lying in your mama's lap

i'm sittin' here thinkin' of a song i could sing to get you to take a nap

you were born on the part of the river of life where the water is troubled and deep

this day and time there are not many songs to sing a little baby to sleep

too doo dup too doo doo doo doo doo. i search my mind for a proper subject to set down the reason and rhyme

and i got to thinking it might have been better to be born at some other time

i know you're tired and i know you're weary and i don't like to see you weep

but there just don't seem to be any songs going to sing a little baby to sleep

too doo dup too doo doo doo doo doo. i'll rock your cradle and your mama will croon that's all the comfort we know

you need a song you can keep on singing cause you've got a long way to go

faith writes the words and love writes the music and hope can establish the beat

your generation might know a song to sing a little baby to sleep

too doo dup too doo doo doo doo doo.