Origins: Silent Night/Lullaby Rock-a-bye

Subject: Origins: Silent Night/Lullaby Rock-a-bye
From: GUEST,KayteinLA
Date: 14 Dec 20 - 03:01 PM

Hi Folks,
A friend in the Children's Music Network suggested I reach out to this group in my search for the origins of a counter-verse my mother used to sing to Silent Night. She was born in 1936 and grew up in Detroit, going to Catholic school and Wayne State University, so she would have learned it somewhere there.

It is sung simultaneously with verse 1 of Silent Night. The lyric is:
Lullaby rock-a-bye, you need to fear not
Lullaby rock-a-bye, you need to fear not
While mother watches the holy child
Angels are guarding him tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace

I'd like to release a recording of it, but I can't find the origin to that verse. Internet search engines can't find it, ASCAP, BMI and Harry Fox are no help because they don't have lyrics. I reached out to the order of nuns who ran the Catholic school in Detroit, but no word back. I searched the card catalog of the Copyright office for the 1930's-50's and there are a handful that list additional lyrics added to Silent Night, but I don't have the $400+ to get the Copyright office to do a search of the actual documents to check the lyrics.

Here's a rough recording of what it sounds like (verse starts at 1:09). I need to replace this screechy karaoke guitar track. This link will eventually expire.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b7_E3dxeeoL3_WWKdoJxtKWgvSoxi0La/view?usp=shari

Can any of you solve this Christmas mystery?

Thanks in advance for any leads you may have.

Kayte