Slaap, Kindje, Slaap (The Dutch Lullaby)

DESCRIPTION: Dutch. "Slaap, kindje, slaap, Daar buiten luupt een Schaap....." "Sleep, child, sleep, Outside there runs a sheep. The sheep has four white feet, It drinks the milk so sweet, (So) sleep, little one, sleep."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1963 (Warner-FolkSongsAndBalladsOfTheEasternSeaboard)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage lullaby sheep
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Warner-FolkSongsAndBalladsOfTheEasternSeaboard, p. 40, "The Dutch Lullaby" (3 texts, Dutch, English, and German)
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia1, p. 96, "The Dutch Lullabye" (1 text)
File: CAFS1085

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