Lyrics
"Go to sleep my baby, Close your weary eyes. Angels up above you can see you dearie from the skies. Great big moon is rising, stars begin to peep. Time for little girls like you dear to go to sleep."

Sue sang this to Gabrielle in the break during a choir rehearsal of the Hull Freedom Chorus. As she sang she pointed at the sky on 'Great big moon is shining.' There is a short description of how long Sue had known this song at the end of the recording and where she had lived in Hull. Sue was past retirement age in 2017.

The lullaby is the chorus of a waltz style song called 'Wyoming Lullaby' composed by Gene Williams 1888-1964 and published in May(?) 1921. There are also long verses, less easy to remember. Other Hull choir singers also mentioned this lullaby during the project, and one had a version with 'Jesus up above you'.

Ultima modifica

• 10/23/2024

Creator

• Sue
• Awre, Gabrielle

Contributori

• Awre, Gabrielle
• Sue

Subject

• Gene Williams
• Wyoming Lullaby
• Lullaby
• The Hidden Art of the Lullaby
• Go to sleep my baby
• Sue H

Publisher

• The University of Hull

Language

• eng

Identifier

• hull:18344

Date created

• 2017