Swedish Lullaby – arranged by Carol Barnett

Composer: Gustaf Hägg (1867-1925) arranged by Carol Barnett Text by: J. L. Runeberg Instrumentation: SATB choir and paino Duration: Approx. 3 minutes Date Written:  2012 Composer’s note: Swedish Lullaby is an arrangement of a lovely Slummersång (Cradle Song) by Gustaf Hägg (1867-1925). The original Swedish words are by J. L. Runeberg (1804-1877), "after the German of Franz Carl Heimer (1768-1822)." The English translation by Henry Grafton Chapman appears in the 1909 collection Songs of Sweden: Eighty-Seven Swedish Folk and Popular Songs. The arrangement migrates through several keys, adding harmonic interest while remaining accessible to choirs of many levels. The swaying of the cradle is depicted by the gently undulating piano while the voices sing the child to sleep. Texts Slumber, my baby, my darling thou art;Close thy blue eyes now, thou joy of my heart,All is as quiet as quiet can be,Never a fly shall alight here on thee. Gold are the hours that are gliding away,Dear one, to-morro