I recently heard a song again that is on a Shawn Colvin CD that is apparently based on a Kipling Poem..it's called The Lullabye of the Seals or something like that. It's very sweet and short.

Oh hush be my baby, the night is behind us
and black are the waters that sparkle so green.
The moon or' the combers looks donward to find us
at rest in the hollows that wrestle between...

Where billow meets spillow
and softly thy pillow
ah weary be the flippers curled at thy eaves(???)
.... something, something...

The storm shall not wake thee
nor shark overtake thee
Asleep in the arms of the slow swinging sea

Where Billow meets meets spillow
then softly they pillow
and weary be flippers curled at thy eaves.

The storm shall not smite thee
The shark shall not bite thee
Alseep in the arms of the soft swinging sea.


I think I might be making up that last verse, but that's the way I sang it to a kid after they heard the CD and demanded the Lullabye. Not knowing the whole song, I made it up as I went along. It's a cute little waltz.

if there are more verses, I;d love to have them.


That's all I can remember. It is a darling song. Sort of up there with Pony Boy for rocking songs.