One of the dads in a Village class told me about the Beatles' version of this song.
According to Wikipedia, it is based on a poem by Thomas Dekker and written in a lullaby style. Paul McCartney saw the sheet music for Dekker's lullaby at his father's home in Liverpool which had been left on the piano by his stepsister Ruth McCartney. McCartney could not read music at the time and was unable to read the score, and so he created his own melody and arrangement.
The words originally come from a lullaby in "The Pleasant Comodie of Patient Grissill" written about 1603.
On your Home CD:
Golden slumbers kiss your eyes
Smiles await you when you rise
Sleep now my little one, do not cry
and I will sing a lullaby
The Beatles' version:
Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby
Golden slumbers fill your eyes
Smiles awake you when you rise
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby
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Ally Bally
The Scottish lullaby Ally Bally has its origins as a street cry from the 1880s. Robert Coltart, the maker of "Coulter's Candy," traveled about the towns of the Scottish Borders singing this song and selling his candy from a hand barrow to children throughout the region. As the years have passed, many different verses have been added to Coltart's original street cry.
Ally Bally on your Home CD:
Ally bally, ally bally bee
Sitting on your daddy's knee
Greeting for a wee penny
To buy some Colter's candy
More about Ally Bally here and at Wikipedia
Ally Bally on your Home CD:
Ally bally, ally bally bee
Sitting on your daddy's knee
Greeting for a wee penny
To buy some Colter's candy
More about Ally Bally here and at Wikipedia
Uskudar
Uskudar is a suburban district of Istanbul. This Turkish song originated during the early years of the Ottoman Empire and tells the story of a romance between a young woman and a young clerk. As it begins to rain, the two meet on the street in Uskudar. She courts the clerk by dropping her handkerchief on the ground. When the clerk finds it he returns it to her, filled with a candy called Turkish Delight.
On my way to Uskudar it began to rain
On my way to Uskudar it began to rain
On my way to Uskudar it began to rain
On my way to Uskudar it began to rain
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