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"Bye, baby Bunting" (Roud 11018) is an English-language nursery rhyme and lullaby. [citation needed] Lyrics and melody. The most common modern version is:
The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and her Dog is attributed to Sarah Catherine Martin (1768–1826). On Top of Spaghetti 'The Meatball Song' United States 1963 [73] Children's parody by Tom Glazer of the song "On Top of Old Smoky". One, Two, Buckle My Shoe '1, 2, Buckle My Shoe' United States United Kingdom 1805 [74]
The oldest children's songs for which records exist are lullabies, intended to help a child fall asleep. Lullabies can be found in every human culture. [4] The English term lullaby is thought to come from "lu, lu" or "la la" sounds made by mothers or nurses to calm children, and "by by" or "bye bye", either another lulling sound or a term for a good night. [5]
"Hush-a-bye baby" in The Baby's Opera, A book of old Rhymes and The Music by the Earliest Masters, ca. 1877. The rhyme is generally sung to one of two tunes. The only one mentioned by the Opies in The Oxford Book of Nursery Rhymes (1951) is a variant of Henry Purcell's 1686 quickstep Lillibullero, [2] but others were once popular in North America.
"The Dream Passes by the Windows" (Ukrainian: «Ой ходить сон коло вікон»), better known as Oi Khodyt Son Kolo Vikon, is a Ukrainian children's lullaby. The song is a traditional lullaby for young children, composed of three verses in a minor tone. However, as it is a folk song, there are many popular versions of both the ...
In 1971, Angela Davis commented on a version similar to the Lomaxes': ' "All the Pretty Little Horses" is an authentic slave lullaby; it reveals the bitter feelings of Negro mothers who had to watch over their white charges while neglecting their own children.' [6]
Lullabies – soothing songs meant to lull children, teens, and adults to sleep. Pages in category "Lullabies" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total.
"Hush, Little Baby" is a traditional lullaby, thought to have been written in the Southern United States.The lyrics are from the point of view of a parent trying to appease an upset child by promising to give them a gift.