Cradle song (Walter Cecil Macfarren)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-11-05). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 103 kB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: Cradle song
Composer: Walter Cecil Macfarren
Lyricist: William Cox Bennett
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
First published: 1876 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 9, no. 267
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Original text and translations
English text
1 The bird is in its nest;
The bee is hushed in rest.
Rocked on thy mother's breast,
To thy mother's fond heart pressed,
Lullaby.
2 The waning daylight dies,
The stars dream in the skies;
Daisies long have closed their eyes;
Calm, how calm! on all things lies,
Lullaby.
3 Then sleep, my heart's delight,
And through the darksome night,
Round thy bed God's angels bright
Guard thee till I come with light,
Lullaby.