Hello there, I grew up in the southern states of USA and I’ll share with you the way the song was sang to me as a child. However, oddly enough the lyrics are rather inappropriate for a baby, so I did not carry the tradition on down with my own children. But I have a good laugh to myself when I think of the words of this song the way I grew up hearing it. Here it goes:
HUSH LITTLE BABY
Hush little baby don’t say a word Papa’s gonna buy you a mockingbird And if that mockingbird don’t sing Papa’s gonna buy you a diamond ring And if that diamond ring don’t shine Papa’s gonna buy you a bottle of wine And if that bottle of wine gets broke Papa’s gonna buy you a billy goat And if that billy goat runs away Papa’s gonna buy you a Chevrolet And if that Chevrolet don’t run Papa’s gonna buy you a BB gun And if that BB gun don’t shoot Papa’s gonna buy you a swimming suit And if that swimming suit don’t fit Papa’s gonna say, “Dog gone it I quit!”
Lol! And that is the way I grew up hearing this song.