Hush-a-bye (All the Pretty Little Horses)
"'Hush-a-bye' is a very popular Americana lullaby with multiple variations. Here is the version we sang in my family…" -Dejah
Hush-a-bye (All the Pretty Little Horses)
Lullaby
Hush-a-bye, don't you cry
Go to sleep little baby
When you wake
You will find
All the pretty little horses:
Oh, dapples and greys, pintos & bays,
Oh, all the pretty little horses.
Way down yonder
In a meadow
Poor little baby cryin' mama
Birds and the butterflies
Fly all around him
Poor little baby cryin' mama.
Oh, hush-a-bye, don't you cry
Go to sleep little baby
Oh, when you wake
You will find
All the pretty little horses.
 - American Children's Songs - The USA - Mama Lisa's World: Children's Songs and Rhymes from Around the World
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Many thanks to Dejah Leger for sharing her lovely recording of All the Pretty Horses! Check out her Hand Sewn Lullabies cd and mp3 downloads on CD Baby.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Thanks to Dejah Leger for sharing her family's version of this lullaby.
Thanks so much!
