Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-08
MANY LITTLE MELODIES.
The Cradle Songs Of Different Ma
tiOns.
An Intertesting musical Entertain.
ment nc the M. f. May Festival
Another Large Attendance.


Island rink drew another large attendant
last evening and the various booth ex
hibits were again much admired.
The Cradle Songs of Many Nations
was the musical ENTERTAINMENT presented
last evening, and very pretty affair
was. Thirteen nations were represented
each in appropriate costume, and the "a
dies each appearing with babe. most o
them real, and singing the lullaby to il il
the manner and tune customary in tn,
country represented. The nations as rep
resented and the first verse of the popula
cradle song rendered by each appear be
low:
SCOTCH.
Impersonated by Mrs. Robert Clark:
Baloo, baloo, my wee thing,
Oh, saftly close thy b'inkin' e'e;
Baloo, baloo, my wee thing,
For thou art doub dear to me.
HUNGARIAN.
lmpersonated by Miss Amelia s hnei
der:
Lush my darling. hush my darling,
Hark, thy mother sings lay;
She who bore thee. she who clasps thee.
Her only JOY, that takes her many grief
1mpersouated by Mrs. Milton Jones:
Hush baby dear, weep mol awhile,
And Ger thee shall such treasures smile
As did thy regal sires once own
In green band of Conn and Owen.
lush baby dear, and weep no more
My Countless griefs. Thousand woes
These tears thy infant needs disclose.
ITALIAN.
lmpersonated by Miss Grace Bddison
sleep, my baby, sleep, my darling
g, While hush thee with my song:
S'eep until the noon sur rises
Sleep IN peace the whole night long
Slumoer without care or sorrow nv torment
And ali my bliss
Slumber till the Lord 6 angel
Wakes thee with his gentlest kiss
BRETON
Impersonateed by Miss Eva Has:
Go to sleep, You poor little darling.
90 to sleep dear little Pierpont
IN sing sweet and low,
And rock to and fro,
Inc CRIB of Pierpont
Whom We all love So
SPANISH.
lmpersonsted by Mrs. W. B. Barker:
Hush my darling, sleep quickly,
Tor there comes the black man,
no viii eat all little children that lie awake
Hush my darling. sleep quickly
JAPANESE.
impersonated by Miss Anna Bennett
Sleep, sleep on the floor,
on be good and slumber;
fot when thou art asleep
just bear what | shall do dear;
ana when Wakest early tomorrow
Ihou shalt eat blue beans and fish nv baby
SWEDISH.
impersonated by Miss Gertie Wilcox
Hush. hush baby mine
Fnssy climbs the big green nine.
Ma turns the mill stone
Pa to kill the pig is gone,
Sisters in the garden there
Cuihng buds and flowers fair
sweetest flowers for baby
FRENCH
lmpersonated by Mrs. Crowley:
Hush, by baby, sleep,
Soon my little child will slumher.
Hush, don't even peep,
But go right to sleep.
INDIAN.
lmpersonated by Mrs. J. W. Crandall
Me nat ;2!2shion nady, mush nina qua mush- nj
na-qua 6-iScstion!
Mic mac noshion nady NC nac noshion nady. mush
NINA qua, mush-ni-Ra-q La 2,ic-tion, o-ic'
Sleeep, baby sleep. ~,
Thy father guards the sheen
ne plother shakes the dreamland tree
A"u from u Tell sweet dreams for thee.
ENGLISH.
lmpersonated by Miss Ella Wilcox:
On, hush thee, my baby thy sire was a knight
my mother lady both lovely and bright:
Inc woods and the glens from the towers which
We see,
They are all belonging dear baby to thee.
AMERICA.
lmpersonated by Mrs. Geo. NJ. Loos-
ey:
Hush-a- bye baby, on tho tree trop,
When the wind blows the cradle " i'll rock:
when the bow breaks the cradle wilIfalI
Down VIII come baby, cradle and all.
Master Louis Jones acted as page, and
gracefully announced the advent of the
various representations. Mrs. j. F.Rob
nson was assisted in the presentation of
The entertainment by Mrs. W. C. Collins.
This is railroad mems day at the festi-
val. Tonight we are to have an operetta,
An Evening in the Garden" and a hu.
morous character song, "A Pioneer Ped
agogue."