song title and artist please? its an oldie?

Question

lyrics are "rock a bye baby, on the tree top, when the winds blows, the cradle will rock"

tried rock a by baby but no joy and its not a nursery rhyme....from 1950's/60's. male artist

thanks leper madonna (i could kiss you...but i wont!)

Answer 1

Johnny Preston - Cradle of Love?

Answer 2

the story of the nursery rhyme relates to a family who lived in a tree housewhich was formed within a massive Yew tree. the yew tree concerned was believed to be nearly 2000 years old. the family were charcoal burners who lived in shining cliff woods derbyshirein the 1700's. the ancient occupation of charcoal burning would be conducted by people who actually lived in the woods. just like this family. their names were kate and luke kennyon and they lived in what was locally known as the Betty Kenny Tree. they had 8 children and a tree bough was hollowed out to act as a cradle for thier children! shining cliff woods was owned at that time by the hurt family. the kennyons were favoured by the hurts who commissioned artist james ward of the rroyal acadamy to paint their portraits the yew tree still exists but was severely fire damaged in the 30's by vandals.
the lyrics. Originally known as Hush a Bye Baby.

Rock a bye baby on the tree top
when the wind blows the cradle will rock
when the bough breaks the cradle will fall
and down will come baby cradle and all.

Answer 3

Rock-a-bye Baby is an American nursery rhyme, whose melody is a variant of the English satirical ballad Lilliburlero. Originally titled "Hushabye Baby," this nursery rhyme was said to be the first poem written on American soil. Although there is no evidence when the song was written, it may date from the 1600s. It is rumoured that it was written by a young pilgrim who sailed to America on the Mayflower. He was said to have observed the way Native American women rocked their babies in birch bark cradles, which were suspended from the high branches of trees, allowing the wind to rock the baby to sleep. Another source reports that Effie Crockett, a relative of Davy Crockett, wrote the lyrics in 1872 while babysitting a restless child.

The lyrics are:

Rock a bye baby on the treetop,
When the wind blows the cradle will rock,
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall,
And down will come baby, cradle and all.
Baby is drowsing cozy and fair
Mother sits near in her rocking chair
Forward and back the cradle she swings
And though baby sleeps he hears what she sings
From the high rooftops down to the sea
No ones' as dear as baby to me
Wee little fingers, eyes wide and bright
Now sound asleep until morning light
Only the words in the first four lines are supposed to be from the Pilgrim boy in America. Lines 5-12 are a later invention.
For more info--> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock-a-bye_Baby

If you wana hear it you canon -->
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/rockaby.htm

Answer 4

I think this is what you are thinking of...

Well, rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop
When the wind blows the cradle will rock
So rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop
When the wind blows, mmm

Well, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack jumped over the candlestick
He jumped so high up above
He landed in the cradle of love

Well, rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop
When the wind blows the cradle will rock
So rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop
When the wind blows, mmm

Hi diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle
The cow jumped over the moon
And on the way down she met a turtle dove
Said "Let's go rockin' in the cradle of love"

Well, rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop
When the wind blows the cradle will rock
So rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop
When the wind blows, mmm

Jack and Jill went up the hill
To get a pail of water
Jack fell for Jill, gave her a shove
They fell into the cradle of love

Well, rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop
When the wind blows the cradle will rock
So rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop
When the wind blows, mmm

if this is it then it is by ...

JOHNNY PRESTON "Cradle Of Love"


hope this helps
PHIL

Answer 5

"One Piece at a Time" by Johnny money, written by Wayne Kemp. It became into money's final solo #a million hit. BTW, slightly trivialities: there's a extensive mistake contained in the lyrics. contained in the initiating of the music, while he starts off his plot (which became into 1953), he gets the engine on the 2nd day. Later contained in the music, even with the undeniable fact that, while he is going to place the motor vehicle mutually, he says "The transmission became right into a 'fifty 3 and THE MOTOR became OUT TO BE A 'seventy 3." Oops!

Answer 6

It's a lullaby - traditional (prolly english)
might have been recorded, but I can't imagine who by

Rockabye baby,
on the tree top,
when the wind blows,
the cradle will rock.
When the bough breaks,
The cradle will fall,
down will come baby,
cradle and all.

Answer 7

Rock a bye baby

late 1930's early 1940's sany to babys in WWII

Answer 8

leper madonna is right, Johnny preston, Cradle of Love....

Answer 9

Nursery rhyme 'Rock-a-bye-baby'

Answer 10

omg they said it wasnt the nursery rhyme have you tried lyrics. com