Lyr Add: Cradle Song (Gall; Scot.)

Subject: Lyr Add: Cradle Song (Gall; Scot.)
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 24 May 09 - 09:23 PM

Lyr. Add: CRADLE SONG
Richard Gall, 1776-1801

1
Baloo, baloo, my wee wee thing,
O saftly close thy blinkin' ee!
Baloo, baloo, my wee wee thing,
For thou art doubly dear to me.
Thy daddie now is far awa,
A sailor laddie o'er the sea,
But hope aye hecht his safe return
To you my bonnie lamb, an' me.
2
Baloo, baloo, my wee wee thing,
O saftly close thy blinkin' ee!
Baloo, baloo, my wee wee thing,
For thou art doubly dear to me.
Thy face is simple, sweet an' mild,
Like ony summer e'ening fa';
Thy sparkling e'e is bonnie black;
Thy neck is like the mountain snaw.
3
Baloo, baloo, my wee wee thing,
O saftly close thy blinkin' ee!
Baloo, baloo, my wee wee thing,
For thou art doubly dear to me.
O but thy daddie's absence lang,
Would break my dowie heart in twa,
Wert thou no left, a dautit pledge,
To steal the eerie hours awa.

"Poems and Songs, By the Late Richard Gall, With a Memoir of the Author." Pub. posthumously, 1819.
Reprinted in Robert Chambers, 1829, "The Scottish Songs; Collected and Illustrated by Robert Chambers," two vols., vol. 1 p. 43-44.
On line, Google books.

Franklin Square Song Collection 200 Favorite Songs and Hymns for Schools and Homes, Nursery and Fireside, No. 2. edited by John Piersol McCaskey

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Cradle Song (Gall; Scot.)
From: Barbara
Date: 25 May 09 - 12:23 AM

Tune?
Blessings,
Barbara

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Cradle Song (Gall; Scot.)
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 25 May 09 - 12:45 PM

Neither book has a tune.
It has been given a melody in "Essential Repertoire for the Young Choir containing 20 Songs; Essential Elements Choir; Treble/Student."

Level One. Pub. Hal Leonard, 1995, 1998. A teacher's edition also available. Many used copies available, also a new edition with CD.
Not seen, but looks like a popular book.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Cradle Song (Gall; Scot.)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 27 May 09 - 06:48 PM

Refresh. See tune inserted above.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Cradle Song (Gall; Scot.)
From: masato sakurai
Date: 27 May 09 - 09:14 PM

Tune is also given in McCaskey's Favorite Songs and Hymns for School and Home (1899, p. 362), as "Scotch Cradle-Song."

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Cradle Song (Gall; Scot.)
From: Barbara
Date: 27 May 09 - 11:32 PM

Thanks!
Blessings,
BArbara