by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Baby, baby, naughty baby
Language: English
Baby, baby, naughty baby, Hush, you squalling thing, I say, Peace this moment, peace or maybe Bonaparte will pass this way. Baby, baby he’s a giant, Tall and black as Rouen steeple. And he breakfasts, dines, rely on’t, Ev’ry day on naughty people. Baby, baby, if he hears you, As he gallops past the house, Limb from limb at once he’ll tear you, Just as pussy tears a mouse. And he’ll beat you, beat you, beat you, And he’ll beat you all to pap, And he’ll eat you, eat you, eat you, Snap, snap, snap.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Richard Rodney Bennett (1936 - 2012), "Baby, baby, naughty baby", 2004 [mezzo-soprano and piano], from Songs before sleep, no. 4. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Mike Pearson
This text was added to the website: 2016-07-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 95