K:D [D]Gotta get up, gotta go to work, Gotta get up in the morning. Watcha gonna do when the baby cries, Rock that [A]cradle [D]Joe {i}Chorus:{/i} {i}[A]Rock the cradle [D]Lucy, [G]rock the cradle [D]high.{/i} {i}A]Rock the cradle [D]Lucy, [G]don't let the [A]baby [D]cry.{/i} [D]Uncle Joe cut off his toe And hung it up to dry; The ladies all began to laugh And Joe be-[D]gan to [D]cry. {i}Chorus:{/i} {i}[A]Rock the cradle, [D]rock the cradle, [G]Rock the cradle, [D]Joe.{/i} {i}[A]I will not rock, I [D]shall not rock, For the [G]baby [A]is not [D]mine.{/i} {i}Alternate verses:{/i} The [D]squirrel he has a bushy tail, The possum's tail is bare. The rabbit has no tail at all, But a little [A]bit of [D]hair. The [D]raccoon up a chestnut tree, The possum in the holler. A purty girl at our house As fat as [A]she can [D]waller. [D]Git along Liza, Git along Liza, Git along Liza Jane. I don't keer wherever you go, Jes' so you come [A]back a-[D]gain. [D]Once I had an old gray mule, 'Member day she wuz bawn. Ever' tooth that ol' mule had Would hold a [A]barrel of [D]cawn. [D]Apples in the spring-time. Peaches in the fall. Ef I can't get the one I want I won't have [A]none a-[D]tall.