Lullaby

:This page is for "lullaby", the song. See Lullaby (novel) for the Chuck Palahniuk novel.

Hush Little Baby

Another famous lullaby, generally known as "Hush Little Baby" makes many promises to the child if it will only be quiet and go to sleep, a sentiment with which parents will be familiar:

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:Hush little baby, don't say a word,

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:Momma's going to buy you a mockingbird

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and goes on to promise "a looking glass", "a horse and coach", and other treasures. This song has had the unusual distinction of two separate manifestations as a popular song, first as the eponymous "Bo Diddley" and then, in a near-fugue arrangement, as "Mockingbird", a hit first for the brother-and-sister team, Inez and Charlie Foxx in 1963, and then, for then husband and wife, James Taylor and Carly Simon in 1974, singing the Foxx arrangement. Toby Keith and his teenage daughter Krystal covered the song in 2004.

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Popular song - Eponym - Bo Diddley - Fugue - Inez and Charlie Foxx - 1963 - James Taylor - Carly Simon - 1974 - Toby Keith - 2004

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In 2005 rapper Eminem adapted "Mockingbird" into a song for his daughter. In it, he threatens to break the bird's neck if it won't sing.

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2005 - Rapper - Eminem

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