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  • They were giving Aretha and me Al Jolson tunes; I was singing "Mammy;" she did "Rock-a-bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody"—they didn't know what we were about.

    The Eternal Teenager in Love Steve Dougherty 2012

  • Her caption: "The new version of 'Rock-a-bye baby.'"

    CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2008 2008

  • Her caption: "The new version of 'Rock-a-bye baby.'"

    CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2008 2008

  • This could SO be the next subject of the next Re-Animator movie: Rock-a-bye Re-Animator.

    Archive 2006-09-01 scifirantergirl 2006

  • This could SO be the next subject of the next Re-Animator movie: Rock-a-bye Re-Animator.

    Herbet West Lives!!! scifirantergirl 2006

  • For tropical ecologist Meg Lowman, Rock-a-bye, baby, in the treetop, was much more than a lullaby.

    Yale Press Log: 2006

  • For tropical ecologist Meg Lowman, Rock-a-bye, baby, in the treetop, was much more than a lullaby.

    It's a Jungle Up There 2006

  • Rock-a-bye, baby, on the tree top; When the wind blows, the cradle will rock; When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall, And down will come baby, cradle and all!

    "Rock-a-Bye, Baby" 2002

  • I rocked on and on, holding both Carrie and Cory on my lap, and singing “Rock-a-bye, Baby.”

    Flowers in the Attic V.C. Andrews 1979

  • I rocked on and on, holding both Carrie and Cory on my lap, and singing “Rock-a-bye, Baby.”

    Flowers in the Attic V.C. Andrews 1979

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