When the wind blows, the cradle will rock.

When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall,

And down will come rock-a-bye, birdies and all.”

The nest is the little birds’ cradle.

It is on a bough in the tree-top.

It rocks when the wind blows.

When the bough breaks it falls.

It falls down, down, away down!

It falls to the ground.

And down fall birdies and all.