Score

Cradle Song
Words - John Philip Music - Peter Warlock
arr. G de Korte

 
          
With a gentle lilt

   

Voice

 
Be still, mysweet sweet - ing, no

 
        
  
        
      
    
     
        
       
Piano

     

                   
       
4

  
lon - ger do cry; Sing lul - la - by, lul - la - by, lul - la - by, ba - by: Let dol - ours be fleet - ing, I

               
     
             
4

  
    
         
              
Pno.

     


            
           
8


    
fan - cy thee, I, To rock and to lull thee, I will not de - lay me.

  
                                     
8

     
             
             
  
Pno.

      

© 2023
 2 Cradle Song

       
            
12

 Lul - la - by, ba - by, lul - la - by, ba - by, Thy

 
nur - se will tend thee, as

  
  
            
          
     

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 
   
    
         
              
 
 
Pno.

   

                    

    
16

 What crea - ture now liv - ing

       
 
du - ly as may be. would hast - en thy woe? Sing

     
            
    
 
   
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  
     
         
                     
Pno.

   

            
      
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   
      
lul - la - by, lul - la - by, lul - la - by, ba - by: See for thy re - liev - ing, the

                     
        
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    
     
                
Pno.

      
 
 Cradle Song 3

  
                     
23



                
time I bes - tow, To dance and to prance thee, as prett' - ly as may be.


              
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   


                 
Pno.

                   

 
    


  
            
26

Lul - la - by, ba ba - by, Thy

      
    
                   
- by, lul - la - by,

               


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    
 
     
            
Pno.

                 

      


                

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   
           
nur - se will tend thee, as du - ly as may be. Thy

             

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    
           

                
Pno.

  
       
 4 Cradle Song


                        
 
33

    
     
                
gods be thy shield, and com - fort in need; Sing lul - la - by, lul - la - by, lul - la - by, ba - by; They

          

   
      
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       
 
 
                   
          
     
Pno.

      
 

            
         
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 

   
  
give thee good for - tune, and well for to speed, And this to de - sire I

                  

             
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  
 
                
             
Pno.

     
    

   
            
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
   
will not de - lay me. Lul - la - by, ba - by,

  

   

  

  

   
          
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 
   
               
            
Pno.


      

 Cradle Song 5

           
          
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              
lul - la - by, ba - by, Thy nur - se will tend thee, as du - ly as may be.

 
                  
    
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     
 
                             
Pno. molto rall.

    


   

48


  
        
   
48

 
   
             
Pno.

          
   
 