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Originally Posted By Laura

Actually, many traditional lullabies have disturbing images - the second verse of "Pretty Little Horses" was originally "...there's a poor little lambie/butterflies peckin' out his eyes/poor thing cryin' for its mammy." Many of these evolved as expressions of a mother's frustrations, especially when the mother was basically the only caregiver. Others evovled as ways of expressing scary things to keep them away, and define here as the safe space - "There are bad things out there, but not here."
In this case, though, I think it's not the lyrics but the melody itself that's the "lullaby" part. Almost any song can be a lullaby if it's sung tenderly, even ones with "disturbing" verses. Try singing this softly, tenderly to yourself. The melody swings in the right way. It can be a lullaby, if you think it is.