G'day Amos ( ... Jed, Greg & Nerd),

I don't have any textual evidence of this, but I do remember hearing that the Rocking the Cradle song (collected here in Australia as The Wee One) ultimately traces back to The Christ Child Lullaby a song in Erse.

There are certainly versions found in Britain - but such songs as the Rocking the Cradle version travelled widely with agricultural labourers ... and any eveidence of the older, more sacred song would be better in pinning down the provenance.

Regards,

Bob Bolton