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Hush a bye, don’t you cry; go to sleepy, little baby…
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It’s unclear when this lullaby was written, but it’s believed to be of African-American origin and was first codified in 1925 by Dorothy Scarborough after being passed on orally for generations. As is often the case for traditional American folk songs, there are other versions with different lyrics.
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Hush a bye, don’t you cry; go to sleepy, little baby…
- When you wake, you shall have all the pretty little horses
- Instead of counting sheep, imagine all the pretty little horses
- Forty winking in the bellfry, ere you meet a rosy morning
- If you stay awake and fuss, you guarantee a cranky morning
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