(Rock Me in a Cradle of Dreams)
A fox trot ballad song from 1926
words by Sam Lewis and Joe Young
music by Harry Woods
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Never wanted a favor
Never asked for a loan
Got my little bag of troubles
But they’re all my own
Anytime I get lonely
Feel I’m far, far away
I just get down on my knees
And Heaven hears me say
Chorus
Take in the sun
Hang out the moon
And rock me in a cradle of dreams
I wanna see those dear to me
It’s the only time I’m happy it seems
Let my little “Train of thoughts”
Go travlin’ back once more
To a place I’m always longing for
Oh, won’t you take in the sun
Hang out the moon
And rock me in a cradle of dreams
- Why should anyone grumble?
What will grumbling bring?
Spreading little hard luck stories
Won’t get you a thing
I just found me a horseshoe
Tacked it up on my door
In my heart there’s just one thing
That I keep wishing for
Patter
Saw a bob-o-link flying ’round the hills
Asked the bob-o-link, “How’s the whippoorwills?”
Ho! ho! ho! ain’t that dreaming?
Saw a little frog swimmin’ in a pond
Asked the little frog, “How you getting on?”
Ho! ho! ho! ain’t that dreaming?
Those are the things that I dream about
Can anybody blame me when I shout?
Take in the sun, hang out the moon
And rock me in a cradle of dreams
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: