I’ll always have a fondness for the original, but Long’s version is so much better. Mama’s going to search for a shooting star. Mama’s going to show you the evening sky. Long wrote her own version of Hush Little Baby and paired it with her beautiful art. This was adapted into an Appalachian or bluegrass. It seems much healthier to encourage children to find comfort in the natural things around them and the warmth of a mother’s love.” Hush, Little Baby is a traditional folk lullaby, thought to have been written in the Southern United States. One of the songs that has bothered me as an adult is the original version of “Hush Little Baby.” In it, a mama offers her baby comfort by promising to buy him or her all sorts of things (a mockingbird, a diamond ring, horse and cart, etc.). In the afterward of Long’s version, she writes: Recently, I came across Sylvia Long’s board book adaptation of Hush Little Baby, which is what made me think about the lyrics of the original. Maybe he was plotting where he’d put his billy goat and horse and cart? The instant my son heard it, he’d grow quiet and stare at me with saucer eyes. 1 192.3K Hush Little Baby Lyrics Hush little baby, don't say a word Mama's gonna buy you a mockin' bird And if that mockin' bird won't sing Mama's gonna buy you a diamond ring And if that diamond. And Hush Little Baby was my life raft for a few months there. But I may have trudged to the jewelry store to procure one for my son during those early sleep-weary months of parenting if I thought it would buy me some uninterrupted nights of sleep.Īlas, all I had on those fateful nights was a sling, a rocking chair, and a lullaby. Back in college, I decided I wouldn’t sport a diamond on my own finger after I learned about the diamond trade in Sierra Leone. And later when I did, they seemed a bit strange. Growing up, I never thought much about the lyrics. I’ve always loved the lullaby Hush Little Baby because my mom sang it to me when I was little. Mama’s going to buy you a looking glass….
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