Hi, I'm probably the 'Seattle performer' you're referring to. I'm Bob Nelson, Everett. My e-mail is deckman@earthlink.net. I REALLY think this was taken from Eugene Fields work. "Buck Ritchie" was an early T.V. character in Seattle. He was a western singer, mostly cornball, except for this magnificant song he put together for his children. I got to know him when I was a teenager. Walt Robertson, legendary singer from these parts, performed on his show several times, and got the song from B. Buck Ritchie (the "B" stood for butterfat!) To my knowledge, it's not been recorded by Walt, but maybe Don Firth can jump in here and correct me. This is a precious lullaby. CHEERS, Bob