Tunes/songs

[preacher]

Does anyone know where I can get some tablature of lullabies? Away In The Manger sounds great, therefore I think the dulcimer would be perfect for lullabies.

[KenH]

You mean "Whiskey Before Breakfast *isn't* a lullaby???EEK! You're right though, the dulcimer is a soothing sound, suitable for lullabies. I sure puts my girlfriend to sleep!LOL! Sorry, Preacher, not being a parent, I only know two or three old Scots lullabies - Garten Mother Lullaby, Sleep My Babe, and Baloo Balammie

[jakstall]

There are some songs which some consider lullabies in the ED tab. I did a quick search on JC's tune finder and got 35 hits on a search for "Lullaby." It looked like there were 10-15 unique tunes, judging from the titles. What are some titles of songs you all consider Lullabies? Here are a few for starters: The cherry song (I gave my love a cherry...) Hush Little Baby (...don't say a word) Hush a Bye (Beach Boys) Brahm's Lullaby Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ra (sp?) Daddy's Little Girl My Little Buckaroo It would be fairly simple to generate melody line tab.

[KenH]

Hi preacher; I've got tab for The Riddle Song ("I gave my love a cherry..."), if you'd liek it. Also those others I mentioned. Name some lullabies, and I'll help you create the tab for them...

[kwl]

Schlof Boblei or Sleep, Baby Sleep is on this web site in the tab section. It's a pretty lullaby and still sung by the Pennsylvania Dutch around here.

[Cindy]

How about All the Pretty Little Horses...its' a beautiful tune. And speaking of Whiskey Before Breakfast...does anyone know of it's origin...who wrote it and what country...I've been searching the web and have found it on Tradtional Irish sites and American sites...but none of the sites have the author and so on....

[KenH]

Whiskey Before Breakfast was written in the 1640s by A. Nony Mous of the McMous' of County ClareRolled Eye Truly, I think it's a tune that's old enough to be 'traditional' - which means it's more than a couple years old and nobody remembers who wrote it.

[SMO]

Another beautiful lullaby is the Welsh song Suo Gan. If there's no tab for it in the tab section, I'll try to get it out there.

[jakstall]

KenH, Thanks for correcting me on the name of "The Riddle Song." When I wrote my earlier post I could not think of the name. Why don't you send the tab to Bruce and let him post it here?

[KenH]

Jak - I just sent Bruce the Tab; it will undoubtedly take a day or two -- he's a busy guy! The version of the words I use is a little different from the onces we learned back in the Sing Along With Mitch '60s. These words come from a collection of Kentucky folksongs called "In The Pine", that were collected in the 1950s and 60s by a music professor at Berea College. Lots of "songcatcher" stuff - old, old versions of songs; like a version of what we know as Scarborough Fair, which was originally called The Elfin Knight back in the 1700s.

[Steve Smith]

The Western North Carolina Dulcimer Collective has a beautiful lullabye in the current issue - ''Go To Sleepy''. I'd be glad to send you the song or the whole newsletter - the club's listed in the Marketplace/Music section.

[KenH]

Here's "Hush Li'l Baby". I'll also send it to Bruce for the Tab section Ionian Hush li'l ba-by 0 55 5--6 don' say a word 5 44 4 ma-ma's gon-na buy 00 44 4 you a mock-in-bird 5 5 4--33 If that mockin' bird don' sing Mamma's gonna buy you a diamond ring' If that diamond ring turns brass Mamma's gonna buy you a lookin' glass If that lookin' glass gets broke Mamma's gonn buy you a billy goat If that billy goat won' pull Mamma's gonna buy you a cart and bull If that cart and bull turn over Mamma's gonna buy you a dog named Rover If that dog named Rover won't bark Mamma's gonna buy you a a horse and cart If that horse and cart fall down You'll be the sweetest girl in town. Words from the John and Adam Lomax version in Michael Murphy's The Appalachian Dulcimer Book, (c) 1976