by Constance Purdy (1887 - 1960)
Translation Singable translation by Mary (Carlisle) Howe (1882 - 1964)

Cossack Cradle Song
Language: English  after the Russian (Русский) 
Go to sleep, my little warrior, 
     Bayushki, Bayu.
See the silver moon in Heaven 
Shining down on you.
All the great long night
The dear God watches over you; 
Go to sleep, my little warrior, 
     Bayushki, Bayu.
Close your pretty eyes, my brave one, 
     Bayushki, Bayu.
Here’s your mother close beside you, 
Singing just to you.
Dream of lovely things,
And have a happy voyage or two, 
In the morning come and tell me, 
     Bayushki, Bayu.

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Berceuse cosaque
Language: French (Français)  after the English 
Fais dodo, mon petit brave, 
     Bayushki, bayu.
Vois la lune qui te regarde, 
Ronde comme un sou.
Dans la grande nuit tu sais 
Le bon Dieu vieille sur nous; 
Fais dodo, mon petit brave, 
     Bayushki, bayu.
Fermes tes jolis yeux, mon brave, 
     Bayushki, bayu.
C’est ta mère qui bien te garde
Et te chante doux.
Rêve des jolies choses, et va
En grand voyage partout, 
Le matin reviens me dire, 
     Bayushki, bayu

Text Authorship:

Based on:

Based on:

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):


Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-12-27
Line count: 16
Word count: 72