by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Here a pretty baby lies
Language: English
Here a [pretty]1 baby lies Sung asleep with lullabies: Pray be silent and not stir Th'easy earth that covers her.
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Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "Upon a Child" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "Lullaby", 1920 [ voice, violin, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "Another Epitaph", from Flight For Heaven, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2006-01-17
Line count: 4
Word count: 20