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LULLABY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Balooloo, my lammie, balooloo, my dear
Last Line: And oh! May its waukin' be blyther than mine!
Alternate Author Name(s): Lady Nairne; Oliphant, Carolina; Nairne, Baroness


Balooloo, my lammie, balooloo, my dear;
Now balooloo, lammie, ain minnie is here.
What ails my wee bairnie, what ails it this nich?
What ails my wee bairnie--is bairnie no richt?

Balooloo, my lammie, now baloo, my dear;
Does wee lammie ken that its daddie's no here?
Ye're rockin' fu' sweetly on mammie's warm knee,
But daddie's a-rockin' upon the saut sea.

Now hushaba, lammie, now hushaba, dear;
Now hushaby, lammie, ain minnie is here;
The wild wind is ravin' and mammie's heart's sair,
The wild wind is ravin' and ye dinna care.

Sing baloo, my lammie, sing baloo, my dear;
Sing baloo, my lammie, ain minnie is here;
My wee bairnie's dozin', it's dozin' now fine.
And oh! may its waukin' be blyther than mine!





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