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Title and lyrics to an old lullaby

 
 
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Reply Fri 7 Aug, 2009 07:37 pm
I am looking for the title and more lyrics to an old lullaby I used to sing to my children. When I had grandchildren to sing this lullaby to, I realized I had forgotten a lot of the words. I think I might have learned it in school in the 1950's ? Here's the words I can remember:

" So, lulla- lulla, lulla-lulla, bye-bye,
Do you want the moon to play with?
Or the stars to run away with?
They'll come if you don't cry.
So lulla-lulla, lulla-lulla, bye-bye,
In your Mammy's arms be creepin'...
Soon you'll be a-sleepin' ...
Lulla; lulla, lulla, lulla, lulla, bye"
 
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Reply Fri 7 Aug, 2009 09:59 pm
MY CURLY HEADED BABY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M3hwbcu9HM

The Library of Congress American Memory Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=rpbaasm&fileName=0200/0259/rpbaasm0259page.db&recNum=0

Hope that helps
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Reply Mon 10 Aug, 2009 07:52 pm
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! I either never knew the verse or had forgotten it completely. I thought it was the wrong song at first. Paul Robeson's version was the closest to the the tune and words I remember - i.e. "lulla" being pronounced like the lulla in lullaby not 'loo-la". Thanks also for sending both sites...I appreciated seeing both! I have wondered about this song for years and finally put the question out there. You have made my day! Bless you!
evonne
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