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Can Anyone Help with a Short Irish Lullaby?

Looking for a Song Sung to Babies in Ireland about That Shirt Me Mother Made for Me

Connection between Irish folk song “I’ll Tell Me Ma” and Scottish rhyme “I’ll Tell Ma Mither”

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Can Anyone Help with a Short Irish Lullaby?

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

I received this email today…

I am desperately searching for any words to any short Irish lullaby. A friend of my is pregnant and I want to put the lullaby on fabric for her as a baby shower present. Thank you so much for your time.

I asked my colleague, Monique, in France, if she had any suggestions. She wrote:

Perhaps she can write just one verse of one of these lullabies below…

Too ra loo ra loo or…
The Connemara Cradle Song or…

Irish Lullaby

I’d rock my own sweet childie to rest
In a cradle of gold, on a bough of the willow,
To the sho-hen sho of the wind of the west
And the lull-a-lo of the soft sea billow.
Sleep, baby dear,
Sleep without fear,
Mother is here beside your pillow.
Sleep, baby dear,
Sleep without fear,
Mother is here beside your pillow.

I’d put my own sweet childie to sleep
In a silver boat on the beautiful river,
Where a sho-heen whisper the white cascades,
And a lull-a-lo the green flags shiver.
Sleep, baby dear,
Sleep without fear,
Mother is here with you for ever.
Sleep, baby dear,
Sleep without fear,
Mother is here with you for ever.

Lull-a-lo to the rise and fall
Of mother’s bosom ’tis sleep has bound you,
And O, my child, what cosier nest for rosier rest
could love have found you?
Sleep, baby dear,
Sleep without fear,
Mother’s two arms are clasped around you.
Sleep, baby dear,
Sleep without fear,
Mother’s two arms are clasped around you.

If anyone can suggest any other Irish lullabies, pease let us know in the comments below.

Many thanks to Monique Palomares of Mama Lisa’s World en français for her suggestions!

-Lisa

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Looking for a Song Sung to Babies in Ireland about That Shirt Me Mother Made for Me

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006

Mary wrote me looking for the full lyrics to an Irush lullaby:

My sister-in-law is trying to find a lullaby sung to her as a child but she doesn’t know the title. She has a very new little grandson…

I remember the day that I was born
T’was a frosty winter morn
The doctor said I was a chubby chap
And when the nurse she put me on her lap
She washed me all over I remember
And powdered me all up you see
Then she put me in the cradle by the fender in that little shirt
me mother made for me.

Anything you can help us with would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Mary Cunningham

If anyone knows more lyrics to this lullaby, or the name of it, please comment below.

Thanks!

Lisa

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Connection between Irish folk song “I’ll Tell Me Ma” and Scottish rhyme “I’ll Tell Ma Mither”

Sunday, October 9th, 2005

Several days ago, I asked if anyone knew the origin of I’ll Tell Ma Mither.

Yesterday, Dani pointed out that it’s very similar to the Irish folksong I’ll Tell Me Ma.

Here’s Dani’s letter:

I can’t tell you much about the I’ll Tell My Mither rhyme, but it does have several lines in common with the folk song I’ll Tell my Ma, which I gather is from the Belfast area:

I’ll Tell My Ma

I’ll tell my ma when I go home
the boys won’t leave the girls alone!
They pulled my hair, and they stole my comb
(but that’s all right, ’til I go home).

It’s one of my favourites. :-)

For complete lyrics and a sound clip

Also, the Rankin Family did a very nice version a while back, I believe.

Hope this was of use! Dani

Thanks Dani!

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