Title: American Old Time Song Lyrics
Subject: Traditional & Folk Music
Author: www.traditionalmusic.co.uk
Keywords: Old time music, American, oldtimey, bluegrass

Cradle's Empty, Baby's Gone - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
Cradle's Empty, Baby's Gone. Copyright, 1880, by Will H. Kennedy. 
Little empty cradle, treasured now with care, Though thy precious burden it has fled; How we miss the locks of curly golden hair Peeping from the tiny snow white bed; When the dimpled cheeks and laughing little eyes, From the rumpled pillow shone, Then we gazed with gladness, now we look and sigh: Empty is the cradle, baby's gone, 
Chorus. Baby left her cradle for the golden shore, O'er the silvery water she has flown; Gone to join the angels, peaceful evermore, Empty is the cradle, baby's gone. 
Near a shady valley stands a grassy mound, Underneath my little darling sleeps; Blossoms sweet and roses cluster all around, Overhead the willow silent weeps; There we laid our loved one in the long ago, Still my heart doth sadly morn; Though she's with the angels, still I fain would weep: Empty is the cradle, baby's gone. - Chorus.