Bye, baby Bunting
"Bye, baby Bunting" is an English nursery rhyme and lullaby.
Words and melodies
In one version:Daddy's gone a-hunting,
Gone to get a rabbit skin
To wrap the baby Bunting in.
A number of variants exist, including "To get a little rabbit's skin" in line 3.
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Origins
The expression bunting is the name of a group of species of British birds; it is also a term of endearment that may also imply 'plump'. A version of the rhyme was published in 1731 in England. A version in Songs for the Nursery 1805 had the longer lyrics: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.