The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

SONG

SLEEP, BABY, SLEEP.
WHERE HAS YOUR NURSE GONE?
OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS
TO YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S HOME.
SOON SHE WILL BRING YOU
FISH AND RED RICE.
SLEEP, BABY SLEEP
SLEEP, BABY SLEEP.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER SANG THIS JAPANESE LULLABY
TO HER CHILDREN IN JAPAN,
AND INFORMANT, LIKEWISE, SINGS THE SAME TO HIS
AMERICAN-BORN GRANDCHILDREN IN AMERICA.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR

Date learned: 07-05-1964