Browne Jackson Crow On The Cradle Lyrics

Crow On The Cradle Lyrics

(from the soundtrack to No Nukes; peformed live by Jackson Browne with Graham
Nash & David Lindley)

 

 The sheep's in the meadow

 The cow's in the corn

 Now is the time for a child to be born

 He'll laugh at the moon

 And cry for the sun

 And if it's a boy he'll carry a gun

 Sang the crow on the cradle

 

 And if it should be that this baby's a girl

 Never you mind if her hair doesn't curl

 With rings on her fingers

 And bells on her toes

 And a bomber above her wherever she goes

 Sang the crow on the cradle

 

 The crow on the cradle

 The black and the white

 Somebody's baby is born for a fight

 The crow on the cradle

 The white and the black

 Somebody's baby is not coming back

 Sang the crow on the cradle

 

 Your mother and father will sweat and they'll slave

 To build you a coffin and dig you a grave

 Hush-a-bye little one, never you weep

 For we've got a toy that can put you to sleep

 Sang the crow on the cradle

 

 Bring me my gun, and I'll shoot that bird dead

 That's what your mother and father once said

 The crow on the cradle, what can we do

 Ah, this is a thing that I'll leave up to you

 Sang the crow on the cradle

 Sang the crow on the cradle