by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
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: 40