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28 Oct 07 - 11:01 PM (#2181469) Subject: lost lullaby: O hush thee From: GUEST WHile I'm on a roll of trying to track down old songs I performed as a child 15 years ago I thought I'd add this sweet little lullaby. It was called O Hush Thee or O Hush Thee My Baby. It starts, O Hush thee my baby, thy sire was a knight Thy Mother a lady both gentle and bright The hills and the (something) as far as you see are all belonging dear baby to thee. From what I remember it had a really sweet tune and the lyrics were almost a ballad, telling the story of nobly born baby, perhaps a little duke or prince who had the misfortune to become and orphan soon after birth but who was possessed of great riches and titles. |
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28 Oct 07 - 11:37 PM (#2181483) Subject: RE: lost lullaby: O hush thee From: GUEST,Jerry Friedman Try this for the words. The amazing Google Book Search is always worth a check. By Sir Walter Scott. My mother has a songbook with this, titled I think "The Infant Chief's Lullaby". |
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29 Oct 07 - 02:14 AM (#2181518) Subject: RE: lost lullaby: O hush thee From: Malcolm Douglas The search engine here is always worth a go, too. See thread Lullaby of an Infant Chief: includes tune in abc format and links to sheet music for other settings. |
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29 Oct 07 - 05:50 AM (#2181600) Subject: RE: lost lullaby: O hush thee From: GUEST 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'. Lhiats, Bobby Bob |
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29 Oct 07 - 05:51 AM (#2181601) Subject: RE: lost lullaby: O hush thee From: GUEST 'always', not 'also'! Bobby Bob |
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18 Nov 07 - 06:09 PM (#2197053) Subject: Lyr Add: LULLABY OF AN INFANT CHIEF (Walter Scott) From: Jim Dixon From The Poetical Works of Walter Scott, 1820: LULLABY OF AN INFANT CHIEF. AIR—"Gadil gu lo." * I. O hush thee, my babie, thy sire was a knight; Thy mother a lady, both lovely and bright; The woods and the glens, from the towers which we see, They all are belonging, dear baby, to thee. O ho ro, i ri ri, cadil gu lo, O ho ro, i ri ri, &c. II. O fear not the bugle, though loudly it blows, It calls but the warders that guard thy repose; Their bows would be bended, their blades would be red, Ere the step of a foeman draws near to thy bed. O ho ro, i ri ri, &c. III. O hush thee, my baby, the time soon will come, When thy sleep shall be broken by trumpet and drum; Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day. O ho ro, i ri ri, &c. * "Sleep on till day." These words, adapted to a melody somewhat different from the original, are sung in my friend Mr Terry's drama of Guy Mannering. |