ANCIENT LULLABY (No. 109)
Edward Walsh (arr. for music by Dr. Joyce)
Luinneach (Hush Song)
With music, 6/8

Sweet babe, a golden cradle holds thee,
Soft a snow-white fleece enfolds thee,
Fairest flowers are strewn before thee,
Sweet birds warble o'er thee.
Shoheen sho lo! lu, lu lo!

Oh sleep my baby, free from sorrow
Bright thou'lt ope thine eyes to-morrow;
Sleep, while o'er thy smiling slumbers
Angels chant their numbers.
Shoheen sho lo! lu lu lo!

Walsh greatly expanded the song in his "The Fairn Nurse."

Alfred Percival Graves, 1895, "The Irish Song Book," 212 pp., publisher P. J. Kennedy, copy donated by Iona College to the project, "Publishing in Irish America," 1820-1922, CUNY, Institute for Irish-American Studies.
An important book of 119 authentic Irish songs with sheet music.

www.lehman.edu/lehman/irishamericanstudies/music1.html and click on Graves.
Other important song books also available at this website.