Sleep, Sleep, Little Baby (Haiti)
Sleep, Daddy's little babe,
Sleep, Mommy's little babe,
If you don't sleep
The crab will eat you.
Daddy's not home,
He's gone to the river.
Mommy's not home,
She's gone to fetch wood.
If you don't sleep
The crab will eat you,
The crab in gumbo stew!

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