"Bye, baby Bunting" (Roud 11018) is an English-language nursery rhyme and lullaby.
"Bye, baby Bunting" | |
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Nursery rhyme | |
Published | 1784 |
Songwriter(s) | Traditional |
The most common modern version is:
Bye, baby Bunting,
Daddy's gone a-hunting,
Gone to get a rabbit skin [To get a little rabbit's skin[1]]
To wrap the baby Bunting in.[2][3]
From 1784:[4]
The expression bunting is a term of endearment that may also imply 'plump'.[2] A version of the rhyme was published in 1731 in England.[5] A version in Songs for the Nursery 1805 had the longer lyrics:
Bye, baby Bunting,
Father's gone a-hunting,
Mother's gone a-milking,
Sister's gone a-silking,
Brother's gone to buy a skin
To wrap the baby Bunting in.[2][6][7]
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