White Seal's Lullaby, The

DESCRIPTION: "Oh hush thee my baby, the night is behind us, And dark are the waters that sparkled so green." The billows shall be a pillow; no storm or shark shall threaten
AUTHOR: Words: Rudyard Kipling
EARLIEST DATE: 1894 (The Jungle Book)
KEYWORDS: ship sea nonballad baby | sleep
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 132, "(The White Seal's Lullaby)"
Roud #25480
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended" (tune)
NOTES [31 words]: Alice Kane reports singing this to "The Day Though Gavest, Lord, Is Ended," i.e. probably "St. Clement" by Clement C. Scholefield. I was instantly reminded of "The Cumberland Crew." - RBW
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File: KSUC132

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