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by Maria Howard Weeden (1846 - 1905)

Mammy's Lullaby
Language: English 
"Swing low, swing low, sweet Chariot," low enough
To give some heav'nly rest
To dis poor restless little one
Dat sobs on Mammy's breast.
 
"Swing low, swing low, sweet Chariot," wid your load
Of angels snowy drest,
An' throw a dream out to de chile,
'Most 'sleep on Mammy's breast.
 
"Swing low, swing low, sweet Chariot," so dat
She May look into de nest,
An' see how sound her baby sleeps
At last on Mammy's breast!
"Swing low! Swing low!"

See Swing low, sweet chariot.


Text Authorship:

  • by Maria Howard Weeden (1846 - 1905) [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 Sidney Homer (1864 - 1953), "Mammy's Lullaby", op. 22 no. 1, from Bandanna Ballads, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller

This text was added to the website: 2011-09-19
Line count: 13
Word count: 80

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