Badly sung rendition of an American folk song accompanied with autoharp.
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Story behind the song
This is a traditional lullaby often attributed to American slaves, although some scholars think it may have older roots. To create this rendition I took the separate versions that ultimately happen in folk music and pieced them together, added a couple of verses, and translated some words to Mohegan. This is my original derivative version.
Practicing it on autoharp and singing with an acute case of bronchitis. This was a lot harder than I expected. Ha.
At this time I am not offering licensing of the song to other folks. Not yet. So all rights reserved.
Lyrics
"All the Pretty Little Horses"
Based on the traditional American folksong
REFRAIN
Hushaby,
Don't you cry,
Mawi Kawi, nupiwi.
1.
When you wake,
You shall have cake
And All the pretty little horses
Blacks and bays,
Dapples and grays,
Coach and six-a little horses.
Buckskins and roans,
Mustangs, pintos
All the pretty little horses
(hums)
All the pretty little horses
(REFRAIN)
Hushaby
Don't you cry
Go to sleep, nupáhpohs
2. Way down yonder,
In the meadow
There's a poor little lambie,
Buzzards and flies
Peck out its eyes,
Poor little thing crying, "Mommy!"
Bees and butterflies
Dance on its eyes
Poor little thing crying Mommy
Hushaby,
Don't you cry,
Mawi Kawi, nupiwi.
3.
When you wake,
You shall have cake
And All the pretty little horses
Blacks and bays,
Dapples and grays,
Coach and six-a little horses.
Buckskins and roans,
Mustangs, pintos
All the pretty little horses
(hums)
All the pretty little horses
