Rock-a-bye baby, on the treetop!
When the wind blows, the cradle will rock.
When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall,
and down will come baby, cradle and all!
Brahms' Lullabye ("lullabye and good night")
Lullabye and good night, with roses bedight,
With lillies bedecked is baby's sweet neck.
[and I forget the rest]
BUT:
Lullaby and good night, with roses bedight
With lilies o'er spread is baby's wee bed
Lay thee down now and rest, may thy slumber be blessed
Lay thee down now and rest, may thy slumber be blessed
Lullaby and good night, thy mother's delight
Bright angels beside my darling abide
They will guard thee at rest, thou shalt wake on my breast
They will guard thee at rest, thou shalt wake on my breast
(original German)
Guten Abend, gute Nacht, Mit Rosen bedacht,
Mit Naeglein besteckt, schlupf unter die Deck'
Morgen frueh, wenn Gott will, wirst du wieder geweckt
Morgen frueh, wenn Gott will, wirst du wieder geweckt
Guten Abend, gute Nacht, Von Englein bewacht
Die zeigen im Traum, dir Christkindleins Baum
Schlaf nun selig und suess, Schau im Traum's Paradies
Schlaf nun selig und suess, Schau im Traum's Paradies
(courtesy http://www.babycenter.com/general/baby/babysleep/6732.html)
However, original German seems instead to mean:
Good evening, good night, with roses bedight,
With lilies stuck around, slip under the covers,
Morning early, if God wills it, become thou again awake
Good evening, good night, from angels awatch
The showing in dream, the Christchildlet's tree
Sleep now happy/blessed and sweet, show in dream's paradise
Bye, baby bunting,
Daddy's gone a-hunting
To catch a little rabbit-skin
To wrap his baby bunting in.
[repeat but use Mommy instead of Daddy]
Every night I sing to you a Russian lullabye;
Just a plaintive little tune when baby starts to cry.
Go to sleep, my baby!
Somewhere, maybe,
A land is free for you and me and the Russian lullabye.
Sleep, baby, sleep!
Your Daddy tends the sheep.
Your Mommy shakes the dreamland tree
And down come dreams for her baby.
Sleep, baby, sleep.
[repeat, switching Daddy and Mommy]
Sleep my baby (the one with the coons)
Sleep, my baby,
My curly-headed baby,
Your daddy's in the cotton field, working with a hoe.
So sleep, my baby.
You have the stars to play with,
The moon to run away with!
They'll come if you don't cry.
So lulla lulla lulla lulla, baby!
In Mommy's arms go sleepy,
While the sandman's coming,
Swiftly coming,
Lulla lulla lulla lulla-bye.
["a hoe" was originally "the coons"]
Hush little baby don't say a word (momma's gonna buy you a mockingbird)
Hush little baby, don't say a word!
Momma's gonna buy you a mockingbird.
If that mockingbird don't sing,
Momma's gonna buy you a diamond ring!
If that diamond ring is brass,
Momma's gonna buy you a looking glass.
If that looking glass gets broke,
Momma's gonna buy you a billy goat!
If that billy goat won't pull,
Momma's gonna buy you a wagon and a bull.
If that wagon and bull turns over,
Momma's gonna buy you a dog named Rover.
If that dog named Rover won't bark,
Momma's gonna buy you a horse and cart.
If that horse and cart breaks down,
You're still the sweetest baby in town!
O say little dogies when you goin' to lay down
O say, little dogies, when you goin' to lay down
And give up this prancin' and rovin' a-roun'?
My horse is leg-weary, and I'm awful tired,
But if you get a-way, I'm sure to git fired!
Lay down, little dogies, lay down!
Ki-o! Ki-o! Ki-o!
Go to sleepy, little cowboy!
Let the world drift slowly by;
Do not think about tomorrow!
That's the cowboy's lullabye.
Sleep sleep little dogies sleep
Sleep, sleep, little dogies, sleep!
Dark, you will find, is always warm and kind:
Every coyote sings a lullabye.
So-
Ki-yo, ki-yo. Ki-yo, ki-yo.
Ki-yo, ki-yo, ki-yo, ki-yo.
Hush a bye don't you cry (the pretty little horses)
Hush a bye! don't you cry;
Go to sleepy, little baby!
When you wake, you shall have
All the pretty little horses:
Blacks and bays, dapples and greys,
All the pretty little horses.
Winken, Blinken and Nod
by Eugene Field, 1850-1895.
found in the Oxford Book of Children's Verse.
Winken, Blinken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe --
Sailed off on a river of crystal light,
Into a sea of dew.
"Where are you going, and what do you wish?"
The old moon asked the three.
"We have come to fish for the herring fish
That live in the beautiful sea;
Nets of silver and gold have we!"
Said Winken,
Blinken,
And Nod.
The old moon laughed and sang a song,
As they rocked in the wooden shoe,
And the wind that sped them al night long
Ruffled the waves of dew.
The little stars were the herring fish
That lived in the beautiful sea --
"Now cast your nets wherever you wish --
Never afeard are we";
So cried the stars to the fisherman three:
Winken,
Blinken,
And Nod.
All night long their nets they threw
To the stars in the twinkling foam --
Then down from the skies came the wooden shoe
Bringing the fisherman home;
'Twas all so pretty a sail it seemed
As if it could not be,
And some folks thought 'twas a dream they'd dreamed
Of sailing that beautiful sea --
But I shall name you the fishermen three:
Winken,
Blinken,
And Nod.
Winken and Blinken are two little eyes,
And Nod is a little head,
And the wooden shoes that sailed the skies
Is the wee one's trundle-bed.
So shut your eyes while mother sings
Of wonderful sights that be,
And you shall see the beautiful things
As you rock in the misty sea,
Where the old shoe rocked hte fisherman three:
Winken,
Blinken,
And Nod.
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Last Update: Wednesday, 21-Mar-2001 20:11:08 EST
Stop your clicking clacking beeping (computer lullabye from sesame street)
Stop your clicking clacking beeping
All computers should be sleeping!
Close your circuits! Dim your lights!
Now is time for nighty-nights.
Frank Sinatra - My Melancholy Baby Lyrics
Come to me, my melancholy baby
Cuddle up and don't be blue
All your fears are foolish fancies, maybe
You know, honey, I'm in love with you
Every cloud must have a silver lining
Just wait until the sun shines through
Smile, my honey dear, while I kiss away each tear
Or else I shall be melancholy too
courtesy http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Frank-Sinatra/My-Melancholy-Baby.html
Who is the tall dark stranger there (Maverick themesong)
Who is the tall dark stranger there?
Maverick is his name,
Riding the wind from who knows where,
Luck is his companion; gambling is his game.
Smooth as the handle on a gun,
Maverick is his name -
Wild as the wind from Oregon
Blowing up a canyon; easier to tame.
Riverboat, ring your bell!
Fair-thee-well, Annabelle!
Luck is the lady that he loves the best.
Natchez to New Orleans, living on jacks and queens,
Maverick is a legend of the West.
Where have all the flowers gone (didn't record this)
Where have all the flowers gone,
Long time passing?
Where have all the flowers gone,
Long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them, every one.
When will they ever learn?
O when will they ever learn?
Where have all the young girls gone?
Gone to young men, every one.
Where have all the young men gone?
Gone for soldiers, every one.
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards, every one.
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Gone to flowers, every one.
Where have all the flowers gone?...
The whistling gypsy ("Lady song")
The whistling gypsy came over the hill
And down through the valley so shady.
He whistled and he sang 'til the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady!
Ah -di- do, ah-di-do-dah-day,
Ah-di-do, ah-di-day di,
He whistled and he sang 'til the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady!
She left her father's castle gate,
She left her fair young lover,
She left her servants and her estate
to follow her gypsy rover.
Ah-di-do...
Her father saddled his fastest steed,
rode the valleys all over,
seeking his daugher at great speed
and her whistling gypsy lover.
Ah di do...
"He is no gypsy, my father," she said,
"But lord of all these lands over,
"And I will stay 'til my dying day
"With my whistling gypsy lover!"
Ah di do...
--- here is from a website http://lyrics.duble.com/lyrics/K/kingston-trio-lyrics/kingston-trio-whistling-gypsy-lyrics.htm
Leo Maguire
The gypsy rover came over the hill.
Down through the valley so shady.
He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang
and he won the heart of a lady.
Chorus:
Ah dee du, ah dee du da day.
Ah dee du, ah dee day dee.
He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang
and he won the heart of a lady.
She left her father's castle gate.
Left her own fond lover.
Left her servants and her estate
to follow the gypsy rover.
(Chorus)
Her father saddled his fastest steed.
Searched these valleys all over.
Seeking his daughter at great speed
and the whistlin' gypsy rover.
(Chorus)
At last he came to a castle gate
along the river Claydee,
And there was music and there was wine
for the gypsy and his lady
(Chorus)
He is no gypsy, my father, she said.
But lord of these lands all over.
And I will stay till my dying day
with the whistlin' gypsy rover.
(Chorus)