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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 A brown and a gray and a black and a bay
In 1963, songwriter Lucy Simon wrote a setting (she claimed it was "the first song I ever wrote") [3] that she recorded with her sister Carly as the Simon Sisters. Appearing on their debut album Meet the Simon Sisters (1964), the song became a minor hit for the duo, reaching No. 73 on the Billboard Pop singles chart [4] and No. 20 in Canada. [5]
The terms "nursery rhyme" and "children's song" emerged in the 1820s, although this type of children's literature previously existed with different names such as Tommy Thumb Songs and Mother Goose Songs. [1] The first known book containing a collection of these texts was Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, which was published by Mary Cooper in 1744 ...
Other recordings of the song were made by Peggy Lee, by Blue Barron, and by The Charioteers about the same time. The Wiggles also sang this song on their album and DVD Pop Go the Wiggles for Anthony Field's newborn son, Antonio who debuted himself, although the song was not featured on the US version of the DVD.
The first two lines at least appeared in dance books (1708, 1719, 1728), satires (1709, 1725), and a political broadside (1711). It appeared in the earliest extant collection of nursery rhymes, Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, published in London around 1744. The 1744 version included the first six lines. [3]
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... baby Bunting" (Roud 11018) is an ... A version in Songs for the Nursery 1805 had the longer lyrics: ...
Lullaby by François Nicholas Riss []. A lullaby (/ ˈ l ʌ l ə b aɪ /), or a cradle song, is a soothing song or piece of music that is usually played for (or sung to) children (for adults see music and sleep).
Sleep, little child, sleep Sleep, little child, sleep In Heaven drift the sheep The little stars are little lambs The moon, he is the little shepherd Sleep, little child, sleep Sleep, little child, sleep The Christ Child has a sheep, He is himself the dear Lamb of God Who died for the sake of all of us Sleep, little child, sleep Sleep, little ...