bayou bayou bunting

daddy's gone a hunting
catch a rabbit skin
to put baby _______ in

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Oct 11, 2024
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starstarstarstarstar 		Bayou baby NEW
by: Brodietheroadie

I’m from Arkansas and my grandmother who was born in 1937 and raised in rural Arkansas used to sing me this lullaby and I have sang it to my children to put them to sleep. We always sing it like this;

Bayou baby buntin’
Daddy’s gone a huntin’
To catch a little speckle skin
To wrap my baby ____ in.
Mar 13, 2023
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starstarstarstarstar 		Bayou Baby Buntin’
by: Anonymous

We are from Alabama and my mom used to sing it like this…
Bayou baby buntin’
Daddy’s gone a Hinton’
Catch a rabbit
Get it’s skin
To wrap my Bayou baby in.
She was born in 1942 and said her grandmother used to sing it to her mother.
Nov 14, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Bayoo baby bunton NEW
by: Anonymous

My daddy was frim Louisiana and my Mother from Oklahoma and my Dad always sang this to me before bedtime!! Spoiled Louisiana girl!
Sep 07, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		British Roots
by: Melanie

My parents were raised in Oklahoma but lived in Texas most of their (and our) lives. My daddy sang this to me as a child and later to my son while he rocked us. The song traces its roots to 1700's England. I suppose it was passed down through the generations of Daddy's family who almost all hail from England and Wales. I'm in my late 50's and I can still remember how safe, protected, and loved I felt when he rocked me in his big arms and sang this to me at bedtime. It makes me cry.

Daddy sang it like this, in a sweet, almost baby-talk-like way:

"Bye-o Baby Buntin', Daddy's gone-a huntin' to get a rabbit skin, to wrap my Baby Buntin' in".
May 18, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Bye o baby bunting NEW
by: Anonymous

My parents always sang it as:

Bye o baby bunting,
Daddy’s gone a hunting,
Gone to catch a rabbit skin,
To put my baby ____ in

I still sing it to myself sometimes to be comforted and fall asleep.
Jul 10, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Grandparents born in 1933 NEW
by: Valerie

My grandparents would sing this to us. My grandparents was born in 1933 in Oklahoma.
We sing like this:
Bye-o baby bunting
Papa's gone a hunting
To catch a rabbit
To get the skin
To wrap his darling bunting in
Oct 12, 2019
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starstarstarstarstar 		It must be a southern lullaby
by: RANDel Smith

It must be a southern lullaby

my mother was born in 1914 in Oklahoma and when I was growing up around Texas city Texas I guess about 1958 or 59 which would put me at two and three years old, she used to sing

bye-o baby bunting,
daddy’s gone a hunting,
for a little rabbit skin,
to wrap the baby bunting in.

she must have been saying "bayou",
As in a body of water here in the south. I did not have any idea what all that meant when I was a kid and used to ask her and she would explain that bunting was cloth to wrap the baby
in. bunting is not a garment it just means cloth As in flag bunting, patriotic coloured cloth draped around a room et cetera.
Jan 07, 2017
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starstarstarstarstar 		How my mother sang it NEW
by: Anonymous

My mother sang:
Bye o my baby
Bye o my baby
Bye o my baby
Bye o my boy

Daddy's gone a hunting
To get a little bunny skin
To get a little bunny skin
To wrap my little David in

Bye o my baby
Bye o my baby
Bye o my baby
Bye o my boy
Aug 09, 2016
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starstarstarstarstar 		The way my mom sang it NEW
by: Anonymous

All I remember is bayyyyoh baby, go to
sleeepy.
I wish I k we if it was the same song
Feb 14, 2015
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starstarstarstarstar 		Bayou Baby
by: Jennifer Keeton

Bayou Baby Buntin'
Daddy's Goin' A Huntin'
To Catch a little Rabbit Skin
To Wrap Our Baby_____In.
Sep 26, 2014
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starstarstarstarstar 		Bye, oh, Baby bunting ...
by: Anonymous

I ALWAYS Heard it AS: " Bye, oh - Baby bunting ... Daddy's gone a-Hunting; to Fetch a little Rabbit's skin, to wrap Our baby Bunting in!" (and I am really old... LOL
Jan 12, 2012
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starstarstarstarstar 		Our version
by: Meme

Bye-oh baby bunting;
Daddy's gone a-hunting
Hunting for a rabbit skin
To wrap the baby bunting in.
Nov 28, 2011
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starstarstarstarstar 		Baby Bunting
by: Amy Robbins-Wilson

Baby buntings are basically baby sleeping bags. They keep your baby cozy when it's nippy outside.
Nov 27, 2011
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starstarstarstarstar 		Lyric Meaning
by: Sandy

I would like to know what is a baby bunting. The lyrics do not clarify this. Bunting is a wrap.
Sep 21, 2011
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starstarstarstarstar 		The version I remember
by: Anonymous

I have been trying to find the words to the lullaby my mom (and I guess my older sisters) sang to us when we were young. I had some of the words and this post helped me fill in the rest. I think I remember it like this:

Bye oh, baby bunting
Daddy's gone a hunting
Gone to catch a rabbit's skin
to wrap his baby bunting in.

Mom would sing this over and over again until we would fall asleep sometimes changing it up with Rock-a-bye baby in the tree top / When the wind blows the the cradle will rock / When the bough breaks the cradle will fall / and down will come baby cradle and all.

I want to pass these words on to my daughters so they can sing them to their children. We got our first grand-daughter in May
Mar 01, 2011
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starstarstarstarstar 		Bye Baby Bunting
by: Camille Leon

My parents sang me a song that sounds like yours:

Bye Baby Bunting
Daddy's going hunting
to get a rabbit skin
to wrap the Baby Bunting in!

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