[Verse 1]

Good baby, goo

d baby, why do

 you cry?
             
Are you cold a

            
nd tired or hu

ngry and sad?

Good baby, goo

d baby, tears 

upon your brea

st
             
Hush now, your

            
 mama is tryin

     
g to rest


[Verse 2]

Good baby, goo

d baby, don't 

be afraid
             
Daddy knows al

              
l the places w

         
here the lions

 have laid

Deep as a moun

tain, down in 

the pine
             
Good baby, goo

            
d baby, always

          
 true and kind


[Verse 3]

Who will rock 

the cradle? Wh

o will sing a 

song?
             
All the time s

              
he's walkin' w

    
ith red shoes 

on

I'll rock the 

cradle, I'll s

ing a song
             
Good baby, goo

            
d baby, when s

              
he's dead and 


gone


[Verse 4]

Good baby, goo

d baby smiling

 at the mouth
             
Days will be w

            
armer as we fl

y south

Down to the ri

ver, dark as a

 plow
             
Good baby, goo

              
d baby, you're

       
 my baby now


[Outro]
             
Good baby, goo

              
d baby, you're

       
 my baby now