Song of the Day - 24th January

Today's Song of the Day is on the theme of Birth/Babies so I dedicate it today to all new parents who have recently welcomed a new addition to their lives.

It's a setting of the poem "Lullaby" by Horace Smith, a contemporary and friend of the perhaps more famous poet Percy Shelley. 

Smith had a day job as a stockbroker and after making his fortune in business, went on to produce around twenty historical novels.

This song is being Beta Tested by my friends at Burgess Hill Choral Society.

Lullaby

By Horace Smith


Sleep, little baby, sleep, love, sleep!

Evening is coming, and night is nigh;

Under the lattice the little birds cheep,

All will be sleeping by and by.

Sleep, little baby, sleep.

Sleep, little baby, sleep, love, sleep!

Darkness is creeping along the sky;

Stars at the casement glimmer and peep,

Slowly the moon comes sailing by.

Sleep, little baby, sleep.

Sleep, little baby, sleep, love, sleep!

Sleep till the dawning has dappled the sky;

Under the lattice the little birds cheep,

All will be waking by and by.

Sleep, little baby, sleep.


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