Bye, baby Bunting

"Bye, baby Bunting" (Roud 11018) is an English-language nursery rhyme and lullaby.^{[citation needed]}

For the Australian children's stores, see Baby Bunting.

"Bye, baby Bunting"
Sheet music
Nursery rhyme
Published	1784
Songwriter(s)	Traditional

Lyrics and melody

The most common modern version is:

Bye, baby Bunting,
Daddy's gone a-hunting,
Gone to get a rabbit skin [To get a little rabbit's skin^[1]]
To wrap the baby Bunting in.^[2][3]

From 1784:^[4]

Origins

The expression bunting is a term of endearment that may also imply 'plump'.^[2] A version of the rhyme was published in 1731 in England.^[5] A version in Songs for the Nursery 1805 had the longer lyrics:^{[citation needed]}

Bye, baby Bunting,
Father's gone a-hunting,
Mother's gone a-milking,
Sister's gone a-silking,
Brother's gone to buy a skin
To wrap the baby Bunting in.^[2][6][7]

See also

• Little Baby Buntin', a 1987 album
• Dinogad's Smock