The full lyrics of this song are quite sad, but for the purposes of a lullaby you can selectively pull from the chorus – which feels perfectly suited for a baby: "You make me happy when skies ...

Lullabies have been around for centuries, with the earliest known ones dating back to 2,000 BC. But unlike today’s gentle ...

It all started when a musician friend, one day, sent this author a YouTube link of a Russian lullaby that he said he had ...

The oldest lullaby on record, from Babylonia, was called Little baby in ... melody and lyrics, giving a circular structure rather than a ‘verse, chorus’ structure like a pop song would have.