Hush-a-Bye Hard Times

(Dolly Parton)



Many years you have lingered around my cabin door

Oh, hard times come again no more

Oh, hard times come again no more.



Oh, hush-a-bye hard times, go ye away

'Cause my hungry baby wants a gingerbread cake

Not a cow in the barn yard, no money to spend

Not an egg in the hayloft, no little red hen.



Chorus:

So, hush-a-bye baby don't cry no more

Your mama can't give you what you're crying for

There's a wolf at the door with an angry, cold hungry stare

He keeps howling of hard times and the cupboard is bare.



Oh, hush-a-bye hard times go ye to rest

Cause my ragged baby wants a new ruffled dress

And she wants some new shoes with buckles to wear

And she wants some silver bows for her golden hair.



Chorus:

So, hush-a-bye baby don't cry no more

Your mama can't give you what you're crying for

There's a wolf at the door with an angry, cold hungry stare

He keeps howling of hard times and the cupboard is bare.



Chorus:

Hush-a-bye baby don't cry no more

Your mama can't give you what you're crying for

There's a wolf at the door with an angry, cold hungry stare

He keeps howling of hard times and the cupboard is bare...