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Show i--..-. --- -.-- -,--! r - .r.-Li.iuLr-n-rj-.rji.ri.-.rj-i.r mrl QUEER LULLADIE8, Sonas for the Dables Are Found In Every Clime. It Is not given to nil classes of song to bo universal; somo countries nro rich' In ono particular stylo, somo In unoher, but wo may snfoly affirm that tho lullaby Is Indigenous to every soil. Thoro nro mothers and babies l all lauds uud, therefore, ns a natural sequence, se-quence, w find tho lulling song or lullaby. lul-laby. From Chlnn to Peru, from Hpllz-borgon Hpllz-borgon to South Africa, motherhood In Its primitive form Is over ono of tho best sides of complex huiunu nature, na-ture, Tho llttlo cannibal, tho embryo flro-cator, tho untutored Alno baby, all turn with something llkn n spark of affection toward thu mothers who gavo them birth, uud nlthoiiKh wo probably And morn melody, moro beautiful beau-tiful poetic Imugery among tho lullabies lulla-bies of Buroioan mothers, yot wo must not fall to tuko Into nccoun tho sincerity of such lines as theso which tho Chinese woman chants over her Infant: Snail, snail, como out nnd bo fed, Put out thy horns uud then thy bond, And thy mamma will give thco mutton. mut-ton. For thou art doubly dcur to mo. Tho Arab tawny treasure seoms to bo easiest sent Into dreamland with tho following bucolic verBo; Sleep, my baby, sloop; Sleep a slumber hale, Sweetly rest till morning light. My llttlo farmer boy so bright, And tho llttlo Zulu goes to; Hush, thco, my baby, Thy mother's o'or tho mountain gone; Thoro. sho will dig tho llttlo garden patch. And water abo'll fetch from tho rlrsi ' ? |