Lullaby

[SECOND NURSEMAID, spoken]
Ah, shut up a little while, can't you?
(sung)
Hush, baby, hush
Your daddy is a lush
Shut your eyelids tight
He's plastered every night

[FIRST NURSEMAID]
No, darling, no
Your mummy has a beau
Snooze, little man

[SECOND NURSEMAID]
She cheats whenever she can
Your parents are a loving pair

[FIRST NURSEMAID]
He slaps her face

[SECOND NURSEMAID]
She pulls his hair

[FIRST NURSEMAID]
Her shrieks and curses fill the air

[SECOND NURSEMAID]
She smashes plates, and he tears her clothes

[FIRST NURSEMAID]
She lands a left right on his nose

[SECOND NURSEMAID]
Until there's blood all over his mug!

[FIRST NURSEMAID]
Sleep, lady-bug

[FIRST AND SECOND NURSEMAIDS]
Sleep sweet and snug
Sleep, my lady bug-bug

[FIRST NURSEMAID]
Ah!

[SECOND NURSEMAID]
Bug-bug

[FIRST NURSEMAID]
Ah!

[SECOND NURSEMAID]
Bug-bug
Bug-bug
(spoken)
Ah, shut up, you lug