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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.
The song is sung in a first-person narrative of an adolescent or adult raised by a single teenage mother during the early years of rock-and-roll. Despite the bleakness of their situation, whenever the child cries, the mother sings him to sleep with a 'sha-na-na-na-na-na-na, it'll be all right...sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na, just hold on tight'.
"Tossin' and Turnin'" is a song written by Ritchie Adams and Malou René, and originally recorded by Bobby Lewis in the fall of 1960. The record was released on the Beltone label in December 1960. It reached number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 on July 10, 1961, and R&B chart [ 2 ] and has since become a standard on oldies compilations .
The song also featured memorably in a Season 2, Episode 8 [15] cold open of Cheers, as the denizens of the bar sang the lullaby over the telephone to an infant Tortelli. Ed Asner 's character, Lou Grant, also sang the lullaby to Mary Richards on her couch to help her get to sleep without using a sleeping pill in an episode of the final season ...
In 2018, comedian and actor Rob Delaney read and signed Ten in the Bed in Makaton, a particular form of sign language. [4] Broadcast on the BBC children’s channel CBeebies, it was the first of their regular bedtime stories series to use the language, which Delaney had learnt to communicate with his late son. [5]
Eilish, 22, said some people were surprised to hear she was writing a song for the “Barbie” soundtrack, given her music’s usual darker edge.
Jelly Roll is feeling grateful to be alive after a year filled with nominations and wins for his music. On Thursday, the 37-year-old singer took to the stage of the 2024 ACM Awards to accept the ...
Sigurd usually sings this song at the end of his children's show. This lullaby has sleeping time as theme: The day is over and we must sleep and rest so we will be fresh again in the morning. "Mues sang få Hansemand" ("Mother's Song to Little Hans") – This lullaby originated from south Jutland and is very old (year of composition is unknown ...