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"Hush-a-bye baby" in The Baby's Opera, A book of old Rhymes and The Music by the Earliest Masters, ca. 1877. The rhyme is generally sung to one of two tunes. The only one mentioned by the Opies in The Oxford Book of Nursery Rhymes (1951) is a variant of Henry Purcell's 1686 quickstep Lillibullero, [2] but others were once popular in North America.
1 Lyrics and melody. 2 Origins. 3 See also. 4 Notes. ... baby Bunting" (Roud 11018) is an English-language nursery rhyme and lullaby. [citation needed] Lyrics and melody
Hush, Little Baby" is a traditional lullaby, thought to have been written in the Southern United States. The lyrics are from the point of view of a parent trying to appease an upset child by promising to give them a gift. Sensing the child's apprehension, the parent has planned a series of contingencies in case their gift does not work out.
Go to sleepy, little baby. when you wake, You shall have, all the pretty little horses. Blacks and Bays, dapples and grays, Coach and six a little horses. Hush-a-by, Don't you cry, Go to sleep, my little baby. [4]
Rock-a-bye Baby 'Hush a bye Baby', 'Rock a Bye Baby on the treetop' Great Britain c. 1765 [141] Round and Round the Garden: United Kingdom c. 1945 [142] See Saw Margery Daw: Great Britain c. 1765 [143] Taffy was a Welshman: Great Britain c. 1780 [144] This Little Piggy 'This Little Pig' Great Britain c. 1760 [145] Three Wise Men of Gotham
The earliest recorded version of the rhyme appears in Thomas D'Urfey's play The Campaigners from 1698, where a nurse says to her charges: ...and pat a cake Bakers man, so I will master as I can, and prick it, and prick it, and prick it, and prick it, and prick it, and throw't into the Oven.
Miss Lucy had a baby...", also known by various other names, [9] is an American schoolyard rhyme. Originally used as a jump-rope chant, it is now more often sung alone or as part of a clapping game. It has many variations, possibly originating from it, or from its predecessors. [10] [11]
1 Lyrics. 2 Origins and meaning. 3 References. Toggle the table of contents ... "Little Boy Blue" is an English-language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index ...