Lyr. Add: Hush, Little Baby
Coll. from Catherine Bennett, c. 1927-28

1
Hush, little baby, and don't you cry;
Yo' mudder an' fader is bo'n to die!
Jesus done taken my driftin' han'.
Good Lord, Lord, Lord!
Over de hills bright shinin' lan'.
Oh, my Jesus done taken my driftin' han'.
Good Lord, Lord, Lord!
2
Mind out, Sister, hows you step on de cross;
Yo' right foot slippin'- you'll sho' be los'!
Jesus done taken my driftin' han'.
Good Lord, Lord, Lord!
Over de hills, bright shinin' lan'.
Jesus done taken my driftin' han'.
Good Lord, Lord, Lord!
3
If you see mu Mudder, won't you tell her fo' me
I'm on my hosses in de battlefield.
Jesus done taken my driftin' han'.
Good Lord, Lord, Lord!
Ober de hills bright shinin' lan'.
Jesus done taken my driftin' han'.
Good Lord, Lord, Lord!

"This has the first line in common with a song in Dorothy G. Bolton, "Old Songs Hymnal" New York, 1929."
"'Hush, Oh, Baby, Don't You Cry.' From Julian P. Boyd, as collected from Catherine Bennett, a pupil of the school at Alliance, Pamlico county; undated, but c. 1927-28. "Negro fragment.""

No. 580, "Folk Songs from North Carolina," Ed. H. M. Belden and A. P. Hudson, vol. 3, Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore, Duke University Press, 1952.

The first two lines of verse one are reminiscent of those of verse one of the song, "All My Trials."