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Hush, little baby, don't say a word, Mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird. If that mockingbird don't sing, Mama's gonna buy you a diamond ring. If that diamond ring turns brass, Mama's gonna buy you a looking glass. If that looking glass gets broke, Mama's gonna buy you a billy-goat. If that billy-goat don't pull, Mama's gonna buy you a cart and ...
The song tells the story of a mother on her death bed, comforting her children, "Hush little baby, don't you cry./You know your mama's bound to die," because, as she explains, "All my trials, Lord,/Soon be over."
Hush-a-bye you sweet little baby and don't you cry anymore. Daddy is down at his stockbroker's office a keeping the wolf from the door. Nursie will raise the window shade high, So you can see the cars whizzing by. Home in a hurry each daddy must fly To a baby like you. Hush-a-bye you sweet little baby and close those pretty blue eyes.
1. “Father and Daughter” by Paul Simon. Paul Simon’s soothing, velvety voice lends depth and a nostalgic quality to this simple tune about a father’s unabiding love.
Hush you bye, Don't you cry, Go to sleep-y lit-tle ba - by When you wake, you'll have sweet cake, and All the pret-ty lit-tle hor-ses A brown and a gray and a black and a bay and a Coach and six-a lit-tle hor - ses A black and a bay and a brown and a gray and a Coach_____ and six-a lit-tle hor-ses. Hush you bye, Don't you cry, Oh you pret-ty ...
In short, live lullabies sung by music therapists induce relaxation, rest, comfort, and optimal growth and development. [25] "Hush, Little Baby" has been observed cross-culturally and is known to have a natural capacity for soothing and energizing infants, as well as nurturing caregiving bonds. [26]: 216
"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.
This is a song very similar to 'Hush Little Baby' Taj Mahal's soulful version on his album Dancing the Blues (1993) features a duet with Etta James. Lloyd and Harry sing an a cappella version in the 1994 film Dumb And Dumber. [20] Toby Keith reached No. 27 on Hot Country Songs in 2004 with a cover featuring his daughter, Krystal Keith.