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song lyrics Rockin The Cradle lyrics Rockin The Cradle On a bright summer s evening I chanced to go roving Down by the clear river I rollicked along. I heard an old man making sad lamentation; He was rocking the cradle and the child not his own. cho: Hi ho, hi ho, my laddie lie aisy      For perhaps your own daddy might never be known.      I m sitting and sighing and rocking the cradle,      And nursin the baby that s none of my own. When first that I married your inconstant mother I thought myself lucky to be blessed with a wife. But for my misfortune, sure I was mistaken She s proved both a curse and a plague on my life. She goes out every night to a ball or a party And leaves me here rockin he cradle alone. The innocent laddie he calls me his daddy But little he knows that he s none of my own. Now come all ye young men that s inclined to get married Take my advice and let the women alone. For by the Lord Harry, if ever you marry They ll leave you with a baby that s none of your own.                               (or "and swear it s your own".) Recorded by Clancys, Ian Cambell Folk Group, Ed Trickett, Buffy      Ste. Marie filename[ ROCKCRAD RG ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY=== song lyrics