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Thread #105859 Message #2181600
Posted By: GUEST
29-Oct-07 - 05:50 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: lost lullaby: O hush thee
Subject: RE: lost lullaby: O hush thee
Sir Walter's lyrics were also set by W H Gill in the 1896 Boosey & Co's publication, 'Manx National Songs'.
Gill's arrangement is based on a tune known in Manx simply as 'Arrane y Chlean', meaning 'Song of the Cradle'/'Cradle Song'.
The tune has also sounded to me to be related to the song found elsewhere as 'Rocking the Cradle' - 'Weeping and wailing, and rocking the cradle, and rocking the baby that's none of my own'.