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Carol Barnett
Carol Barnett (Beady Eyes)
Swedish Lullaby
This gentle SATB lullaby with piano accompaniment retains all the calm beauty of the traditional cradle song.
SATB (supported), piano
This arrangement of Gustaf Hägg’s beautiful little “Slummersång (Cradle Song)” migrates through several keys, adding harmonic interest while remaining accessible to choirs of many levels. The swaying of the cradle is depicted by the gently undulating piano while the voices sing the child to sleep.
Composer’s Notes
Swedish Lullaby is an arrangement of a lovely “Slummersång”, or “Cradle Song” by Gustaf Hägg (1867-1925). The original Swedish words are by J. L. Runeberg (1804-1877), “after the German of Franz Carl
Heimer (1768-1822).” The English translation by Henry Grafton Chapman appears in the 1909 collection “Songs of Sweden: Eighty-Seven Swedish Folk- and Popular Songs”.
– Carol Barnett
Text
Slumber, my baby, my darling thou art;
Close thy blue eyes now, thou joy of my heart,
All is as quiet as quiet can be,
Never a fly shall alight here on thee.
Gold are the hours that are gliding away,
Dear one, to-morrow is never to-day;
Come to thy bedside will sorrow and pain,
Ne’er wilt thou slumber so sweetly again.
Angels from heaven, as lovely as thou,
Hover around thee, and smile on thee now.
Angels will also come down by and by,
But ‘t will be only thy tears for to dry.
Sleep then, my pretty, the dark do not fear,
Mother is sitting and guarding thee here;
Darling, tho’ late or tho’ early it be,
Mother will never grow weary for thee.
– Henry Grafton Chapman
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