Slumber song
Language: English
Rock-a-bye slumber comes soft from the West, Mother is calling her babes to their nest, Far flying birdies sail home on tired wing, When all the world's mothers their cradle song sing -- Rock-a-bye, rock-a-bye, shoo! Rock-a-bye slumber brings dreams from afar, Woven for Earth in the first evening star; Down through a cloudway of sunset she flies, And with her soft kisses gives sleep to tired eyes -- Rock-a-bye, rock-a-bye, shoo!
Text Authorship:
- by Clifford Mills , "Slumber song", appears in Where the Rainbow Ends [author's text not yet checked 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 Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "Slumber song", 1911, first performed 1911 [voice and piano], London, Elkin [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2012-12-06
Line count: 10
Word count: 70