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by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)

Lullaby
 (Sung text for setting by C. Scott)
 See original
Language: English 
  Lullaby, oh, lullaby!
Flowers are closed and lambs are sleeping;
  Lullaby, oh, lullaby!
 ... 
While the birds are silence keeping,
  (Lullaby, oh, lullaby!)
Sleep, my baby, fall a-sleeping,
  Lullaby, oh, lullaby!

Composition:

    Set to music by Cyril Meir Scott (1879 - 1970), "Lullaby", 1908, published 1925 [ SSA chorus a cappella ], note: arranged by A. Walter Kramer

Text Authorship:

  • by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2006-01-27
Line count: 9
Word count: 42

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