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The Drunken Baby's Lullaby

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The Drunken Baby’s Lullaby

TTTO Mockingbird/Hush Little Baby (trad)
Lyrics by Rob Wynne & TJ Burnside Clapp
2016

Hush little baby, don’t you fear

Mama’s gonna buy you a nice cold beer

And if that beer don’t taste so fine

Mama’s gonna pour you a glass of wine

And if that wine’s a bit too dry

Mama’s gonna mix you a tall Mai Tai

And if that Mai Tai mix runs out

Mama’s gonna bring you a Guinness Stout

And if that Stout should make you fret

Mama’s gonna make you a gin gimlet

And if that gimlet glass gets broke

Mama’s gonna mix you a rum and coke

And if that rum and coke lacks power

Mama’s gonna bring you a whiskey sour

And if that whiskey sour’s too sweet

Mama’s gonna pour you a bourbon, neat

And if that bourbon makes you wail

Mama’s gonna mix you a rusty nail

And if you still won’t sleep after all of these

Someone mix mama up a double, please!

This was a lovely bit of comment improv between TJ and myself, prompted by a photo her husband Mitchell posted on her FB wall back in 2016:

I started it off, and we just traded back and forth until there was a whole song.

This song pairs well with “Don’t Cry, My Dear, Have a Cracker”.

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