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  • Hush-a-bye, baby, on the tree top; though he told her that it was all nonsense, and that trees and gardens were mere foolishness.

    The Olive Fairy Book 2003

  • Hush-a-bye, don't you cry, go to sleep you little baby.

    Hush-a-Bye Yarrow/Stookey 1963

  • Hush-a-bye, don't you cry, go to sleep you little baby.

    Hush-a-Bye Yarrow/Stookey 1963

  • Hush-a-bye, baby, on the tree-top; though he told her that it was all nonsense, and that trees and gardens were mere foolishness.

    The Olive Fairy Book Andrew Lang 1900

  • Pete went to the cradle and rocked it with one foot, crooning in a quavering treble, "Hush-a-bye! hush-a-bye!"

    The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Hall Caine 1892

  • "Hush-a-bye, my baby wee, I will sing a song to thee."

    The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

  • "Hush-a-bye, my baby wee," she murmurs, "and I will sing a song to thee."

    The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

  • "Hush-a-bye, my baby wee, and I will sing a song to thee," murmurs

    The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

  • "Hush-a-bye, my baby wee," she hums, "while I cook the groats for thee ...."

    The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

  • So saying, she put down the frying-pan, and commenced singing as loud as she could, "Hush-a-bye, baby, Pussy's a lady."

    Poor Jack Frederick Marryat 1820

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