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Thursday, 5 July 2012

Way down in the buttercup meadow

Way down in the buttercup meadow I saw a white ba sheep one day. And close by her side in the meadow a dear little white lamb was at play. Does the sheep mama love her white lambkin just as you love me say mama say? Does the sheep mama love her white lambkin just as you love me say mama say? In the orchard out in the old pear tree there are five little birds in the nest. Willie says they belong to the robin who wears a red bib on her breast. In all this great wide world of birdies does she love her own birdie the best? In all this great wide world of birdies does she love her own birdie the best? Last night as I looked out my window before I repeated my prayers the moon with the stars close beside her were walking way up in the sky. Did God make the little star babies cause the moon was so lonely up there? Did God make the little star babies cause the moon was so lonely up there? I did a google search on this lullaby and was unable to find any history. I do know that my darling baby girl is the sixth generation to hear it sung by her mama. Now that she knows it I get a smile of recognition whenever I sing it.
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5 comments:

  1. Keith Rimington12 November 2013 at 19:22

    Hi. We've never met, but I found your post on a Google search. My great-grandfather sang something very similar, as did my grandmother, my mother, and now me. The version we sing has the verses with lambs and the stars. I know nothing of its history, but my children fall to sleep which this song many a night. Cheers!

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  2. Larry9 December 2013 at 17:27

    My mother sang that to me as well. She knew another verse:

    Yesterday as I was playing in the garden
    There was just one red rose to be seen.
    But today there's a little pink rosebud
    Wrapped up in a blanket so green.
    Does rose mama want to kiss baby rosebud
    As she tries so far over to lean?
    Yes, rose mama wants to kiss baby rosebud
    As she tries so far over to lean.

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  3. Ronda@islandmother9 January 2014 at 09:52

    Thank you for sharing. I'm still singing......to a toddler now. I am going to learn this verse and sing it to her as well.

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  4. Whit20 December 2014 at 21:45

    Found this: http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/kindergarten-songs-games/merry-songs%20-%200152.htm

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  5. Ronda@islandmother21 December 2014 at 19:24

    Thanks for sharing a link to the sheet music.

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