Letra de Crow on the cradle

(feat. Graham Nash & David Lindley)

(Sydney Carter)

[From the soundtrack to "No Nukes"]

The sheep´s in the meadow
The cow´s in the corn
Now is the time for a child to be born
He´ll laugh at the moon
And cry for the sun
And if it´s a boy he´ll carry a gun
Sang the crow on the cradle

And if it should be that this baby´s a girl
Never you mind if her hair doesn´t curl
With rings on her fingers
And bells on her toes
And a bomber above her wherever she goes
Sang the crow on the cradle

The crow on the cradle
The black and the white
Somebody´s baby is born for a fight
The crow on the cradle
The white and the black
Somebody´s baby is not coming back
Sang the crow on the cradle

Your mother and father will sweat and they´ll slave
To build you a coffin and dig you a grave
Hush-a-bye little one, never you weep
For we´ve got a toy that can put you to sleep
Sang the crow on the cradle

Bring me my gun, and I´ll shoot that bird dead
That´s what your mother and father once said
The crow on the cradle, what can we do
Ah, this is a thing that I´ll leave up to you
Sang the crow on the cradle
Sang the crow on the cradle