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 thy little snow-white bed
When the dimpled cheeks and little laughing eyes
From thy rumpled pillow shone
O then I gazed with gladness, now I look and sigh,
Empty is the cradle, Baby's gone.
Baby left her cradle for the golden shore
O'er the silv'ry waters 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 I laid my loved one in the long ago,
And my heart doth sadly moan
Though she's with the angels, Still I fain would weep
Empty is the cradle, Baby's gone.
Baby left her cradle for the golden shore
O'er the silv'ry waters she has flown
Gone to join the angels, peaceful evermore
Empty is the cradle, Baby's gone.