By - O - baby bunting,
Daddy's gone a hunting.
To catch a little rabbit skin,
To wrap the baby up in.
I heard my father sing this
about forty five years ago.
Janie Bogle
By - o baby buntin',
Pappy's gone a - huntin'
To catch a little 'possum
To cook with the punkin.
Learned as a child in eastern Kentucky.
Cratis D. Williams