Cradle with Detail

   A Russian Lullaby or Cradle Song 


Baen'ki-bai
Da spi-ko ty, yagodka, vyrastai
Lyu-lyu, lyu-lyu-lyu
Spi-ko, milushka, v rayu
Da spi-ko, ty, yagodka, v teremu
Bai-bai, bai-bai
I tebya kochayu, da velichayu
Son da Drema
Da vozle zybochki plyla
Bai-bai, bai-bai
Cradle with Detail, 1867
Permogore, Arkhangel'sk Province
Wood, tempera painted
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HM
      Lullaby playing 

Rock-a-bye
Sleep my dear, grow up
Lyu-lyu, lyu-lyu-lyu
Sleep my dear  in Dreamland
Sleep my dear in the Palace (Tower-room)
Rock-a-bye, rock-a-bye
I am rocking you, I am honoring you with song
Sleep and Sandman 
Are floating near the cradle
Rock-a bye, rock-a-bye

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