Christ Child's Lullaby

Subject: Christ Child's Lullabye
From: GUEST,Beccy
Date: 06 Jan 03 - 01:54 PM

OK- I don't know how much help I can expect on this one, but you all are fabulous, so I have my hopes up.
I am looking for the original Irish words from which the Christ Child's Lullabye (recorded by Kathy Mattea, Shawn Colvin, et al...) was translated.
To top it off, I'm looking for assistance with pronunciation.
And for the cherry on top, does the bridge go:
Gm Dm A (repeat) ?

Subject: RE: Christ Child's Lullabye
From: GUEST,Beccy
Date: 06 Jan 03 - 01:57 PM

I meant to say Scottish and not Irish. 'Scuse me, please.

Subject: RE: Christ Child's Lullabye
From: Haruo
Date: 06 Jan 03 - 02:18 PM

Taladh Chriosta (several spelling variants are met on the Web); one verse is at the bottom of this page; I have more somewhere, will post later if nobody else comes up with them.

Haruo

Subject: RE: Christ Child's Lullabye
From: Haruo
Date: 06 Jan 03 - 02:21 PM

Here's four verses: Taladh Chriosda. And here are 29! plus refrain.

Haruo

Subject: RE: Christ Child's Lullabye
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 06 Jan 03 - 02:25 PM

You can find a number of references here by typing something like christ child lullaby (no "e") into the "Lyrics and Knowledge Search" box which you'll find at the top of the main Forum page. One of them is a list of links to material related to the song here and elsewhere which I added some time ago:

RE: Scottish Christmas Songs.

You may as well start there.

Subject: RE: Christ Child's Lullabye
From:
Date: 06 Jan 03 - 05:15 PM

I have all 18 verses here at

http://www.geocities.com/george_seto.geo/taladh.html