The little horses
Language: English
Hush you bye, Don't you cry, Go to sleepy little baby. When you wake, You shall have, All the pretty little horses. Blacks and bays, Dapples and grays, Coach and six-a little horses. Blacks and bays, Dapples and grays, Coach and six-a little horses. Hush you bye, Don't you cry, Go to sleepy little baby. When you wake, You'll have sweet cake and All the pretty little horses. A brown and gray and a black and a bay and a Coach and six-a little horses. A black and a bay ad a brown and a gray and a Coach and six-a little horses. Hush you bye, Don't you cry, Oh you pretty little baby. Go to sleepy little baby. Oh you pretty little baby.
Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , children's lullaby from the southern United States, based in part on John A. and Alan Lomax's version in Folk Song U.S.A. [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 Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990), "The little horses", 1952, first performed 1958 [baritone and piano or orchestra], from Old American Songs, Second Set, no. 1. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2005-09-19
Line count: 27
Word count: 124