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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.
Lullaby lyrics for five classics: The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Hush Little Baby, Rock-A-Bye Baby, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, and Are You Sleeping.
The song is commonly thought to be of African-American origin. [1] An early published version is in "A White Dove", [2] a 1903 story for kindergarteners by Maud McKnight Lindsay (1874–1941), a teacher from Alabama and daughter of Robert B. Lindsay. [3] In the story, "a little girl" sings to "her baby brother" what is footnoted as "an old ...
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.
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.
"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.
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
American Lullaby was a song published by Gladys Rich in 1932. The narrator of the piece is a nursemaid, who is putting the baby in her care to sleep. Some might argue that "American Lullaby" is a saddening commentary on how achieving the “American Dream” often ends with unintended results. In this specific case, the baby's parents have ...