"Bye, baby Bunting" (Roud 11018) is an English-language nursery rhyme and lullaby.

[citation needed] The most common modern version is: Bye, baby Bunting, Daddy's gone a-hunting, Gone to get a rabbit skin [To get a little rabbit's skin[1]] To wrap the baby Bunting in.

[2][3] From 1784:[4] The expression bunting is a term of endearment that may also imply 'plump'.

[2] A version of the rhyme was published in 1731 in England.

[5] A version in Songs for the Nursery 1805 had the longer lyrics:[citation needed] Bye, baby Bunting, Father's gone a-hunting, Mother's gone a-milking, Sister's gone a-silking, Brother's gone to buy a skin To wrap the baby Bunting in.