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04 Aug 98 - 07:29 PM (#34090) Subject: What is this lullabye? From: Kiwi I don't even know if it's folk, though it sounds like it, so I figured I'd give it a try here. This song is called "M.L.K." or "Mlk" or some such, and I have a cover of it by the King's Singers: Sleep, sleep tonight And may your dreams be realized If the thundercloud passes rain So let it rain down on him So let it be Sleep, sleep tonight And may your dreams be realized If the thundercloud passes rain So let it rain down on him Any ideas? Slán, Kiwi |
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05 Aug 98 - 12:04 PM (#34155) Subject: RE: What is this lullabye? From: Zorro This is a long, long, shot.... Could the MLK be Martin Luther King?? Sounds like a song of reassurance. |
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05 Aug 98 - 07:12 PM (#34170) Subject: RE: What is this lullabye? From: Teru Yes, MLK means Martin Luther King. I don't know much about this song, but it is sung by U2 mourning over the death of MLK. Regards Teru |
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06 Aug 98 - 02:02 AM (#34219) Subject: RE: What is this lullabye? From: Cuilionn Check out the last few recordings by Joan Baez. I think it shows up on her album "Recently" but it might be on another one... she sings it beautifully and I suspect there may be some useful info' in the liner notes. She might even have written it. She talks a great deal in her autobiography about time spent with/around Martin Luther King Jr., and she was once asked to sing a song to wake him up when his friends needed to consult him but recognized his exhaustion from "the good fight." Good luck with your search, --Cuilionn |
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06 Aug 98 - 07:04 AM (#34237) Subject: RE: What is this lullabye? From: Kiwi Cuilionn - Thanks for your suggestion, and I will pursue that thread the next time I go to the library - which will likely be today, in fact, to pick up some reserved music. It makes more sense to me if Joan Baez has written it, because it surely doesn't sound like the usual U2 style of music... Slán, Kiwi |