Lullaby (Elgar, set by E. Elgar) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


   Sleep, my son, oh! slumber softly,
While thy mother watches o'er thee,
Nothing can affright or harm thee.
     Oh! sleep, my son.

                  Far-away
               Zithers play,
               Dancing gay
               Calls to-day.

                  Vainly play
               Zithers gay!
               Here I stay
               All the day.

                  Happily
               Guarding thee,
               Peacefully
               Watching thee.

   Sleep, my son, oh! slumber softly,
While thy mother watches o'er thee,
     Oh! sleep, my son.

Input by Harold Ryan

Authorship

Caroline Alice Elgar, née Roberts (1848-1920)

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

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

From the Bavarian Highlands

Date added to the website: 2009-07-05.

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