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!"
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