by Alfred Perceval Graves (1846 - 1931)
Ancient lullaby
Language: English
O Sleep, my baby, you are sharing With the sun in rest repairing; While the moon her silver chair in Watches with your mother. Shoheen, sho lo, Lulla lo lo! The morning on a bed of roses, Evening on rude hills reposes: Dusk his heavy eyelid closes, Under dreamy curtains. Shoheen, sho lo, Lulla lo lo! The winds lie lulled on bluest billows, Shining stars on cloudy pillows, Waters under nodding willows, Mists upon the mountains. Shoheen, sho lo, Lulla lo lo! Upon the fruits, upon the flowers, On the wood birds in their bowers, On low huts and lofty 'towers, Blessed sleep has fallen. Shoheen, sho lo, Lulla lo lo! And ah! my child as free from cumber, Thus thro' life could'st thou but slumber, Thus in death go join the number Of God's smiling angels. Shoheen sho lo, Lulla lo lo!
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Authorship:
- by Alfred Perceval Graves (1846 - 1931), "Ancient lullaby", appears in Father O'Flynn and other Irish Lyrics, first published 1880 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Ancient lullaby", published [1882?] [ voice and piano ], from Songs of Old Ireland. A Collection of Fifty Irish Melodies Unknown in England, no. 4, arrangement ; London, Boosey & Co. ; dedicated to Johannes Brahms, August 1882 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-16
Line count: 30
Word count: 143