In this enchanting and comprehensive collection, the lullabies we all were rocked to sleep with, such as “Rock-a-Bye Baby” and “Hush Little Baby, Don’t You Cry,” mingle with traditional lullabies from around the world. Here are beautiful lyrics to sing or read to little ones, from Shakespeare’s lullaby for the fairy queen, Titania, to Brahms’s “Lullaby”; and from Gershwin’s “Summertime” to Langston Hughes’s lovely lullaby for a “night black baby.” Here, too, are poems for children that range from tender to nonsensical, from quiet to raucous–from Walter de la Mare to T. S. Eliot to Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, and Ogden Nash.
Whether the intent is to soothe or to amuse, there’s something here for every mood, every child, and the child in every adult. A delightful, gift-perfect collection.Foreword
LULLABIES
HUSH, LITTLE BABY THOMAS DEKKER Golden Slumbers WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Sleep, Little One ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON Cradle Song CHRISTINA ROSSETTI Lullaby, Oh, Lullaby CHRISTINA ROSSETTI Lie A-Bed TRADITIONAL Oh Hush Thee, My Dove TRADITIONAL Sleep, Baby, Sleep TRADITIONAL IRISH Toora, Loora, Loora TRADITIONAL GERMAN Sleep, Baby Sleep TRADITIONAL SWEEDISH Slumber Time Is Drawing Near TRADITIONAL SPANISH Rockaby Baby TRADITIONAL MEXICAN Señora Santa Ana TRADITIONAL Bye-O, Bye-O, Bye-O Baby TRADITIONAL Hush, My Little Bird
WATCHING OVER ME ANONYMOUS Lully, Lulla GEORGE WITHER A Rocking Hymn ISAAC WATTS Cradle Hymn JOHANNES BRAHMS Brahms’s Lullaby SIR HAROLD BOULTON All Through the Night ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK When At Night I Go To Sleep TRADITIONAL Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John AMERICAN SPIRITUAL Angels Watching Over Me AMERICAN SPIRITUAL Swing Low, Sweet Chariot TRADITIONAL WEST INDIAN Kumbayah
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