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Does anyone sing "hush little baby" like this?

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Hush, little baby, don't say a word.

Mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird

And if that mockingbird don't sing,

Mama's gonna buy you a diamond ring

And if that diamond ring turns brass,

Mama's gonna buy you a looking glass

And if that looking glass gets broke,

Mama's gonna buy you a billy goat

And if that billy goat runs away,

Mama's gonna by you another one someday

this is how i was taught and I'm trying to find someone who sings it this way, please help

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  1. Same way as my mother taught me, and I raised my kids on these lyrics.  


  2. I HAVE heard that version, but the one I grew up with is this one:

    Hush, little baby, don't say a word,

    Mama's going to buy you a mockingbird.

    If that mockingbird won't sing,

    Mama's going to buy you a diamond ring.

    If that diamond ring turns brass,

    Mama's going to buy you a looking glass.

    If that looking glass gets broke,

    Mama's going to buy you a billy goat.

    If that billy goat won't pull,

    Mama's going to buy you a cart and bull.

    If that cart and bull turn over,

    Mama's going to buy you a dog named Rover.

    If that dog named Rover won't bark,

    Mama's going to buy you a horse and cart.

    If that horse and cart fall down,

    You'll still be the sweetest little baby in town.

    So hush little baby, don't you cry,

    Daddy loves you and so do I.

    But my all-time favorite is the way it was sung by James Taylor and Carly Simon.  (Not really a lullabye but it's more rockin')   It went:

    Everybody have you heard

    He's gonna buy me a mockingbird

    And if that mockingbird don't sing

    He's gonna buy me a diamond ring

    And if that diamond ring won't shine

    He's gonna surely break this heart of mine

    And that's why I keep on tellin' everybody

    Say yeah, yeah whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, uh, oh

    Hear me now and understand

    He's gonna find me some piece of mind

    And if that piece of mind won't stay

    I'm gonna find myself a better way

    And if that better way ain't so

    I'll ride with the tide and go with the flow

    And that's why I keep on shoutin' in your ear

    Say yeah, yeah whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, uh, oh  

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