A lullaby that pictures the mother briefly away at the mill baking a cake, reassuring the baby that all is well and it's safe to lie still. Simple and repetitive, built for a slow, sleepy delivery.
From Mother Goose / Nursery Rhymes (traditional). See the whole collection.
Hush-a-bye, baby, lie still with thy daddy,
Thy mammy has gone to the mill,
To get some meal to bake a cake,
So pray, my dear baby, lie still.
Public domain. Text from The Real Mother Goose (Blanche Fisher Wright, 1916), via Project Gutenberg. View the source edition