Rock the Cradle Lucy

What’s it all About?

“Rock the Cradle Lucy” is similar in melody to Soldier’s Joy, with lyrics that come from an earlier minstrel song titled “Miss Lucy Long”. The words below were sung by Georgia bands including the Cofer Brothers and the Skillet Lickers. 

References

https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Rock_the_Cradle_Lucy_(1)

http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/rock-the-cradle-lucy–version-7-skillet-lickers.aspx