Bye, Baby (Benjamin Carl Unseld)

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• (Posted 2023-12-14)  CPDL #78198:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-14).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 441 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Bye, Baby
Composer: Benjamin Carl Unseld
Lyricist: Mrs. Adaline H. Beery^{create page}
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB, solo
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1900 The Fillmore Bros.
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English text

Bye-o-baby bunting,
Papa’s gone a-hunting;
Gone to hunt a rabbit skin
To wrap his baby bunting in.
Sleep, my little baby,
Soon he’ll bring it, maybe;
Then Jack Frost and Mister Storm
Cannot find your cradle warm.

Bye-o-bye, bye-o-bye,
Bye-o-baby bunting,
Bye-o-baby, bye-o-bye.

Thro’ the dark that’s creeping,
Starry eyes are peeping,
And my pretty one they spy,
Whisper softly "baby-bye."
Precious little bundle,
Made to kiss and fondle!
Peach bloom cheeks and violet eyes,
Rosebud mouth with talk so wise.

Sleep, my drowsy baby!
Pleasant may your way be,
Thro’ the lanes of by-lo-land,
Holding fast to mother’s hand.
Now your eyes are closing,
Dimpled hand reposing
Like a snowflake on your breast;
Bye-o-baby, sleep and rest.