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Thread #92384 Message #1764903
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
20-Jun-06 - 03:36 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Golden Cradle / The Fairy Nurse
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Golden Cradle - original lyrics
On her "Christmas Album, Light of the Stable," 1992.
Not lullabys, but- A verse from Child, "The Carnal and the Crane", 55:5-6
Where is the golden cradle That Christ was rocked in? Where are the silken sheets That Christ was wrapped in?
A manger was the cradle That Christ was rocked in: The provender the asses left So sweetly he slept on
In the Kalevala-
On the very hem of heaven, On a cloud the virgin rocked it, Rocked the fire and swung the light, Swung it in a golden cradle, Swaying it on straps of silver, So the silver straps were swaying. And the golden cradle creaking; Clouds were scudding, sky was screaming, As the lid of heaven tilted With the rocking of the fire, With the swinging of the light. ...