The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn!
Now is the time for a child to be born
If he's a boy he'll carry a gun
Sang the crow on the cradle
If it should be that our baby's a girl
Never you mind if her hair doesn't curl
Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
And a bomber above her wherever she goes
Sang the crow on the cradle
Rockabye, baby, the dark and the light
Somebody's baby is born for a fight
Rockabye baby the white and the black
Somebody's baby is not coming back
Sang the crow on the cradle
Your mammy and pappy they'll scrape and they'll save
Build you a coffin and dig you a grave
Hushabye, little one, why do you weep?
We've got a toy that will put you to sleep
Sang the crow on the cradle
Oh bring me a gun and I'll shoot that crow dead
That's what your mammy and pappy once said
The crow's on my cradle, oh what shall I do?
That is a thing that I leave to you
Sang the crow on the cradle
Jackson Browne