Song 17 in Easy Piano for Adults and Seniors · Song 46 in Ukulele for Beginners
Brahms' Lullaby
Also known as: Cradle Song, Wiegenlied, Lullaby and Good Night
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Piano
For Easy Piano for Adults and Seniors.
Slow (70% speed) (1:05)
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Normal speed (0:46)
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Play-along (0:46)
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Ukulele
For Ukulele for Beginners.
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Play-along (0:46)
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All the words
Lullaby and goodnight!
With roses bedight,
With lilies o'er spread
Is baby's wee bed,
Lay thee down now and rest,
May thy slumber be blest;
Lay thee down now and rest,
May thy slumber be blest.Lullaby and goodnight!
Thy mother's delight!
Bright angels beside
My darling abide.
They will guard thee at rest,
Thou shalt wake on my breast;
They will guard thee at rest,
Thou shalt wake on my breast.
About this song
- Music
- Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), Wiegenlied Op. 49 No. 4
- Words
- German folk text (Des Knaben Wunderhorn, 1808) and Georg Scherer (1824–1909); English words anonymous (printed by 1907)
- First published
- 1868 (N. Simrock, Berlin); English "Lullaby and Good-Night" words in school songbooks from 1907
- Copyright
- Public domain in the US, UK and EU. The arrangement and recordings belong to the book.