Many years you have lingered around my cabin door
  Oh hard times come again no more
  Oh hard times come again no more
  Oh hush a bye hard times, go ye away
  Cause my hungry baby wants a Gingerbread Cake
  Not a cow in the barn yard no money to spend
  Not an egg in the hayloft, no little red hen
  
  Chorus:
  
  So, hush a bye baby don't cry no more
  Your mama can't give you what you're crying for
  There's a wolf at the door with an angry
  Cold hungry stare, he keeps howling of hard times
  And the cupboard is bare
  
  Oh, hush a bye hard times go ye to rest
  Cause my ragged baby wants a new ruffled dress
  And she wants some new shoes with buckles to wear
  And she wants some silver bows for her golden hair
  
  Repeat Chorus Twice
  
  Hush a bye hard times go ye away
  I don't intend to be treated this way
  
  So, hush a bye baby
  Hush a bye hard times
  Hush a bye baby
  Don't cry no more
  Hush a bye hard times
  Hush a bye baby
  Hush a bye hard times
  Come ye no more
  
  Fade:
  
  Many years you have lingered around my cabin door
  Hush a bye hard times
  Come ye no more
  Hush a bye baby
  Hush a bye hard times
  Hush a bye baby
  Don't cry no more
  Hush a bye hard times
  Hush a bye baby
  Hush a bye hard times
  Come ye no more