Cradle song (Phillip, set by P. Warlock) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Be still, my sweet sweeting, no longer do cry;
  Sing lullaby, lullaby, lullaby baby;
Let dolours be fleeting, I fancy thee I,
  To rock and to lull thee I will not delay me.

Lullaby baby, lullaby baby,
  Thy nurse will tend thee as duly as may be.

What creature now living would hasten thy woe?
  Sing lullaby, lullaby, lullaby baby;
See for thy relieving the time I bestow
  To dance and to prance thee as prett'ly as may be.

Lullaby baby, lullaby baby,
  Thy nurse will tend thee as duly as may be.

The gods be thy shield and comfort in need;
  Sing lullaby, lullaby, lullaby baby;
They give thee good fortune and well for to speed,
  And this to desire I will not delay me.

Lullaby baby, lullaby baby,
  Thy nurse will tend thee as duly as may be.

Authorship

John Phillip (fl. 1561)

Patience and Meek Grissill

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Peter Warlock (1894-1930) [pseudonym]

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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