| Walter Murdoch (1874–1970). The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse. 1918. |
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| 171. Cradle Song |
| | | By Louis Esson |
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| BABY, O baby, fain you are for bed, | |
| Magpie to mopoke busy as the bee; | |
| The little red calf’s in the snug cow-shed, | |
| An’ the little brown bird’s in the tree. | |
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| Daddy’s gone a-shearin’, down the Castlereagh, | 5 |
| So we’re all alone now, only you an’ me. | |
| All among the wool-O, keep your wide blades full-O! | |
| Daddy thinks o’ baby, wherever he may be. | |
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| Baby, my baby, rest your drowsy head, | |
| The one man that works here, tired you must be, | 10 |
| The little red calf ’s in the snug cow-shed, | |
| An’ the little brown bird ’s in the tree. | |
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