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A '''lullaby''', or ''cradle song'', is a song sung to a baby or child to relax it and send it to sleep. Lullabies are often written in [[waltz]] time, probably because of its strong, rocking rhythm. | A '''lullaby''', or ''cradle song'', is a song sung to a baby or child to relax it and send it to sleep. Lullabies are often written in [[waltz]] time, probably because of its strong, rocking rhythm. | ||
Lullabies can be very well known in their countries of origin; some like Brahms’s Lullaby and the lullaby from Hansel and Gretel (When at Night I go to Sleep) become internationally known. | Lullabies can be very well known in their countries of origin; some like Brahms’s Lullaby and the lullaby from Hansel and Gretel (When at Night I go to Sleep) become internationally known. | ||
Revision as of 02:20, 7 November 2007
A lullaby, or cradle song, is a song sung to a baby or child to relax it and send it to sleep. Lullabies are often written in waltz time, probably because of its strong, rocking rhythm.
Lullabies can be very well known in their countries of origin; some like Brahms’s Lullaby and the lullaby from Hansel and Gretel (When at Night I go to Sleep) become internationally known.