Lullaby Songs Hold A Special Place In My Heart

Through a reasonably random set of circumstances, this evening, I stumbled upon the lyrics to an old Welsh lullaby… “All Through The Night”. (see below)

That song has a very special place in my musical life. It was the very first song I ever received a “1” for in solo vocal competition.

If you’re not familiar with school music competitions, a “1” is actually the best score you can get. Once I got that score…my life as a singer was sealed in diamonds.

My eighth grade choir director spent hours of her personal time working with me. She taught me to use my breathing diaphragm in a way I have always used since then. And I feel certain her care and attention to vocal details gave me the zeal to train for 10’s of thousands of hours…singing and loving every minute of it. To this day lullaby songs are some of my favorite to write and sing.

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All Through The Night

Sleep my child and peace attend thee,
All through the night
Guardian angels God will send thee,
All through the night
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,
Hill and dale in slumber sleeping
I my loved ones’ watch am keeping,
All through the night

Angels watching, e’er around thee,
All through the night
Midnight slumber close surround thee,
All through the night
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,
Hill and dale in slumber sleeping
I my loved ones’ watch am keeping,
All through the night

While the moon her watch is keeping
All through the night
While the weary world is sleeping
All through the night
O’er thy spirit gently stealing
Visions of delight revealing
Breathes a pure and holy feeling
All through the night

Angels watching ever round thee
All through the night
In thy slumbers close surround thee
All through the night
They will of all fears disarm thee,
No forebodings should alarm thee,
They will let no peril harm thee
All through the night.

Though I roam a minstrel lonely
All through the night
My true harp shall praise sing only
All through the night
Love’s young dream, alas, is over
Yet my strains of love shall hover
Near the presence of my lover
All through the night

Hark, a solemn bell is ringing
Clear through the night
Thou, my love, art heavenward winging
Home through the night
Earthly dust from off thee shaken
Soul immortal shalt thou awaken
With thy last dim journey taken
Home through the night

Music by Edward Jones…Lyrics by John Ceiriog Hughes circa 1784

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