Name: The Nightingale's Lullaby
Duration: P00H02M56S
Description: Rowan wrote this tune as Waltz For Wilf shortly after becoming a father, and later wrote some words so that we could sing him to sleep - if only it worked!

The Nightingale's Lullaby

from What Holds The World Together by The Wilderness Yet

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Rowan wrote this tune as Waltz For Wilf shortly after becoming a father, and later wrote some words so that we could sing him to sleep - if only it worked!

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Hush thee my baby, dry you your eyes 
For the nightingale soon will take wing 
And he’ll lilt you a garland of sweet lullabies
 To the tune of an evening in Spring
 The dry notes of Summer will fade into brown 
As the air of the Autumn wind blows
 With the low strains of Winter he’ll whistle on down 
As the turning year shields your repose

.  Hush now my dear one, shed not one tea
r For the nightingale’s vespertine song,
 For he trumpets a fanfare so full of cheer
 That he’ll ease your mind all the night long. 
With trebles and turns, he steers through the skies
 While we of the daytime lie still 
And hither he flies singing sweet lullabies 
With a cut and a roll and a trill.  

So hush thee my darling, as dusk turns to dawn, 
And the nightingale’s cadence then wanes 
As light brushes treetops and curtains are drawn 
He hushes his joyous refrains.
 A quiet encore for it’s daybreak once more 
Brings a peace that your voice will soon know 
So hush thee my baby, and rest here afore 
For the worries will grow as you grow. 

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from What Holds The World Together, released July 21, 2022
Words and melody by Rowan Piggott
Arrangement by The Wilderness Yet

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The Wilderness Yet combines the acclaimed talents of folksinger Rosie Hodgson, traditional fiddler Rowan Piggott, and guitarist-flautist Philippe Barnes. Independently, they have earned audiences’ esteem as consummate musicians; together, they weave a tapestry of traditional & self-penned songs with a charm and familarity that is usually only found in seasoned line-ups. ... more

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