Lullabies R
Raisins
and almonds
Rock
gently sailboat
Rock
me easy, rock me slow
Rockaby,
lullaby
Rock-a-bye
baby
Rock-a-bye
my little owlet
Rock-a-bye
you
Rockin’
by the baby
Russian
cradle song
Russian
lullaby
Last updated: 7/20/2020
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The songs below are compiled, illustrated and
sometimes adapted by Dany Rosevear
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Raisins and almonds O A widowed mother rocks her baby son Yidele to sleep; this Yiddish
lullaby was written in 1880 by Abraham Goldfaden. The original is a much
longer song; you can find out more at: http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=5468
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To my little one’s cradle in the
night, Comes a little goat snowy and
white, The goat will trot to the
market, While mother her watch does
keep, To bring you back raisins and
almonds, Sleep, my little one, sleep. |
Rock
gently sailboat O Also known as ‘The Israeli boat song’; a lullaby written by Lionel
Morton. This song featured on BBC’s Playschool and the classic ‘Bang on a
drum’ songs from Play School and Playaway LP.
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Rock me easy, rock me slow O A lullaby by Dennis
Lee to the tune of Elvis Presley’s ‘Love me tender’. |
Rock me easy, rock me slow, Rock me where the robins go, Rock the branch and rock the
bough, Rock the baby robins now. Rock me up and rock me down, Rock me off to sleepy town, Rock me gently up the stairs To snuggle with my teddy bears, Rock me easy, rock me slow, Rock me where the robins go. |
Rockaby, lullaby 🔊 A poem by
Josiah Gilbert Holland 1819-1881. Music by Dany
Rosevear |
Rockaby,
lullaby, bees in the clover! Crooning so drowsily, crying so low, Rockaby, lullaby, dear little rover! Down into wonderland, Down to the under-land, Go, now go! Down into wonderland go. Rockaby, lullaby, rain on the clover! Tears on the eyelids that waver and weep, Rockaby, lullaby, bending it over! Down on the mother-world, Down on the other world, Sleep, oh sleep! Down on the mother-world sleep. Rockaby, lullaby, dew on the clover! Dew on the eyes that will sparkle at dawn, Rockaby, lullaby, dear little rover! Into the stilly world, Into the lily world, Gone! now gone! Into the lily world gone. |
Rock-a-bye baby O One of the most familiar lullabies in the English language. Find out more about its history at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock-a-bye_Baby
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Rock-a-bye my little owlet 🔊 ‘Indian
Lullaby’ a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Music by Walter
H. Aiken. Find out more about this American poet at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wadsworth_Longfellow
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Rock-a-bye, my little owlet, In thy mossy, swaying nest, With thy little woodland
brothers, Close thine eyes and take thy
rest. To whoo, to whoo, to whoo, to
whoo... Hush-a-bye, my little owlet, Many voices sing to thee, "Hush-a-bye," the
water whispers, "Hush!" replies the
tall pine tree. To whoo, to whoo, to whoo, to
whoo... Sleep, O sleep, my little owlet,
Thro' our tent the moon shines
bright, Like a great eye it will watch
thee, Sleep until the morning light. To whoo, to whoo, to whoo, to
whoo... |
Rock-a-bye you 🔊 A soft lullaby
by Theresa Mckay. |
Rock-a-bye you high, rock-a-bye
you low, Rock-a-bye you close, rock-a-bye
you slow, Rock-a-bye you high, rock-a-bye
you low, Rock-a-bye you everywhere we go. Rock-a-bye the sun, rock-a-bye
the moon, Rock-a-bye the sweet flowers growing
in June, Rock-a-bye you love, my turtle
dove, Rock-a-bye you everywhere we go. |
Rockin’ by the baby O This song from the Appalachians will give the baby a good workout on
your knee! Choose which of the verses you would like to sing. Give a hug for
each ‘wrap him up’ and make appropriate actions to suit the words.
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Russian cradle song 🔊 A tender
lullaby for the Christmas and other seasons composed by Boris Berlin based on
a traditional Russian lullaby. |
Lullaby, my little baby, Close your eyes so bright, While the moon pours o’er your
cradle, All her silvery light; While the moon pours o’er your
cradle, All her silvery light; I will tell you tales of
fairies, Lull you with a song, While the moon, a lonely
wanderer, Creeps along ‘til dawn. While the moon, a lonely
wanderer, Creeps along ‘til dawn. |
Russian lullaby 🔊 This lullaby
can also be played as a round. |
Lullalullaby, lullaby, lullaby, Sweetly sing to lullaby, Lullaby, lullaby, Sweetly sing to lullaby. |
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