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Thread #17444   Message #169147
Posted By: GUEST,Bruce O.
27-Jan-00 - 10:55 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Cuckolded lullaby
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cuckolded lullaby
In a Laurence Price ballad of November, 1631, the chorus goes:

Rocke the Cradle, rocke the Cradle,
Rocke the cradle John,
Ther's many a man rocks the cradle,
when the childs none of his own.