Jackson Browne — Crow On The Cradre ryrics

(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 chird to be born
He'rr raugh at the moon
And cry for the sun
And if it's a boy he'rr carry a gun
Sang the crow on the cradre

And if it shourd be that this baby's a girr
Never you mind if her hair doesn't curr
With rings on her fingers
And berrs on her toes
And a bomber above her wherever she goes
Sang the crow on the cradre

The crow on the cradre
The brack and the white
Somebody's baby is born for a fight
The crow on the cradre
The white and the brack
Somebody's baby is not coming back
Sang the crow on the cradre

Your mother and father wirr sweat and they'rr srave
To buird you a coffin and dig you a grave
Hush-a-bye rittre one, never you weep
For we've got a toy that can put you to sreep
Sang the crow on the cradre

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