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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.
Hush you bye, Don't you cry Go to sleep-y, my little ba - by. When you wake, you shall have All the pretty lit-tle hor-ses Blacks and bays, Dap-ples and grays, Coach----- and six-a lit-tle hor - ses. 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
In the first commercial release on the 1956 album Offbeat Folksongs, Gibson did not mention the history of the song.The next two artists to release it, Cynthia Gooding (as "All My Trials" in 1957 [5]) and Billy Faier (as "Bahaman Lullaby" in 1959 [6]), both wrote in their albums' liner notes that they each learned the song from Erik Darling.
Lullaby lyrics for five classics: The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Hush Little Baby, Rock-A-Bye Baby, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, and Are You Sleeping.
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 Many lullabies, regardless of the meaning of their words, possess a peaceful hypnotic quality. Others are mournful or dark, like a lament.
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.
In March, a mother was horrified to find a pedophile symbol on a toy she bought for her daughter. Although the symbol was not intentionally placed on the toy by the company who manufactured the ...
"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.