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Bye, baby Bunting

"Bye, baby Bunting"
Roud #11018
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Song
Written England
Published 1784
Form Nursery rhyme
Writer(s) Traditional
Language English

'Bye, baby Bunting' is a popular English-language nursery rhyme and lullaby. About this sound Play  It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 11018.

The most common modern version is:

The term bunting is a term of endearment that may also imply 'plump'. The earliest published version was published in Gammer Gurton's Garland or The Nursery Parnassus in England in 1784. A version in Songs for the Nursery 1805 had the longer lyrics:


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