Then he shook me till I stopped,
I cried when he to bed was popped,
Tick-tock! tick-tock!
Once his head got such a knock,
Tick-tock! tick-tock!
That they thought he'd surely die,
While he screamed I made reply,
Tick-tock! Tick-tock!
Nurse will oft the cradle rock,
Tick-tock! tick-tock!