X:2 T:Cradle Song M:3/4 L:1/8 N:Words by Lady Nairne; Air from R.A. Smith's "Scottish Minstrel" B:John Greig, Scots Minstrelsie, Vol. III (T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1893, pp. 268-269) K:F F2|(G2A2)cA|{A/}G2F2F2|G2A2(d3/2c/)|c4F2| w:Ba-loo - loo,_ lam-mie; now ba-loo, my_ dear; Now, G2A2(cA)|{A/}G2A2d2|cA3(G3/2F/)|F4_e2| w:ba-loo-loo,_ lam-mie, ain min-nie is_ here. What d2c2A2|(GA)c2_e2|d2c2(Ac)|c4_e2| w:ails my wee bair - nie, what ails it this_ nicht? What d2c2A2|(GA)c2d2|cA3(G3/2F/)|F4z|] w:ails my wee lam - mie; is bair-nie no_ richt? W:Baloo-loo, lammie; now baloo, my dear; W:Now, baloo-loo, lammie, ain minnie is here. W:What ails my wee bairnie, what ails it this nicht? W:What ails my wee lammie; is bairnie no richt? W: W:Baloo-loo, lammie; now baloo, my dear; W:Does wee lammie ken that its daddie's no here? W:Ye're rockin' fu' sweetly on mammie's warm knee, W:But daddie's a-rockin' upon the saut sea. W: W:Now hush-a-ba, lammie; now hush-a, my dear; W:Now hush-a-ba, lammie; ain minnie is here; W:The wild wind is ravin', and mannie's heart's sair; W:The wild wind is ravin', and ye dinna care. W: W:Sing baloo-loo, lammie; sing baloo, my dear; W:Sing baloo-loo, lammie; ain minnie is here; W:My wee bairnie's dozin', it's dozin' now fine; W:And, oh! may its waukin' be blyther than mine. From Editor's [Greig's] Notes (p. xviii):
Cradle Song (p. 268).--This lullaby, so full of womanly tenderness and sweet simplicity, was contributed by Lady Nairne to R.A. Smith's "Scottish Minstrel." So anxious was she to preserve her incognito, that she wrote thus to her confidential correpondent:--"I beg the publisher will make no mention of a lady; as you observe, the more mystery the better, and still the balance is in favour of the lords of creation. I cannot help, in some degree, undervaluing beforehand what is said to be a feminine production.." So far as this song is concerned, the public, we imagine, would have difficulty in believing it to be anything but a "feminine production." How beautifully the sentiment of the poetry is re-echoed in the air?Edited By masato sakurai - 8/12/2003 12:32:54 AM