by Joseph Campbell (1881 - 1944), as Seosamh MacCathmhaoil

The Gartan mother's lullaby
 (Sung text for setting by H. Hughes)
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Language: English 
Sleep, o babe, for the red bee hums
The silent twilight's fall.
Eeval from the Grey Rock comes
To wrap the world in thrall.
A lyan van o, my child my joy,
My love and heart's desire.
The crickets sing you lullaby
Beside the dying fire.

Dusk is drawn, and the Green Man's thorn
Is wreathed in rings of fog;
Sheevra sails his boat till morn
Upon the starry bog.
A lyan van o, the paly moon
Hath brimmed her cup in dew
And weeps to hear the sad sleeptune
I sing, o love to you.

Composition:

    Set to music by Herbert Hughes (1882 - 1937), "The Gartan mother's lullaby", published 1909 [ voice and piano ], in Irish Country Songs, Volume I

Text Authorship:

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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 96