by Cathal O'Byrne (1867 - 1957)
A lullaby
Language: English
I'll set you a-swing in a purple bell, Of the lady finger, Where brown bees linger, And loiter long, I'll set you a-swing in a fairy dell, To the silv'ry ring of a fairy song. I'll put you in a float in a boat of pearl, On a moonlit sea, Where your path shall be Of silver and blue, To fairyland, childeen, sweet girl, To its rose-strewn strand, bath'd in glist'ning dew. I'll make you a nest, a soft, warm nest, In my heart's core, Alanniv asthore, When day is gone, Where cosily curl'd on mother's breast, My share o' the world you'll rest till dawn.
Authorship:
- by Cathal O'Byrne (1867 - 1957), from "Lane o' the Thrushes" and other poems by Cahir Healy and Cahal O'Byrne.  [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 (Herbert) Hamilton Harty, Sir (1879 - 1941), "A lullaby", published 1908, London, Boosey [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 106