Well mama go a tippy tippy toeing through the house

Gotta see what's the matter with the baby

It's been a bawlin' and a squallin' and a kickin' on the wall

A-well I guess it's dropped its little bottle maybe

Oh daddy come a runnin' with the water and a rag

Gonna see another little diaper maybe

No need a hesitatin' or a wonderin' and a waitin' I know what's the matter with baby

No need a hesitatin' or a wonderin' and a waitin' I know what's the matter with baby

Oh mama rock a baby daddy rock a baby too it's a yawnin' and a gettin' sleepy maybe

So mama keep a rockin' daddy rock a little too and at last it's a sleeping little baby

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Well mama tippy toein' daddy tippy toein' too gonna try to do a little sleepin' maybe

Whether it'll be a minute or an hour or two is depending entirely on the baby

Well I hear the clock a ringin' just a dongin' and a dingin'

Daddy go and make a little money maybe

Mama sleep a little longer but but while her daddy's gone

Mama gonna have to take care of the baby after all it's just a little bitty baby

Oh mama rock a baby...

And at last it's a sleeping little baby and at last it's a sleeping little baby