I watch Disney Junior with my son every morning and they show this video from time to time. The words are so sweet
~Dedicated to my little munchkin~
Mother's Song
a Traditional Lullaby
(read by Jennifer Garner)
My heart is like a fountain true
That flows and flows with love to you.
As chirps the lark unto the tree
...So chirps my pretty babe to me.
There's not a rose where'er I seek,
As comely as my baby's cheek.
There's not a comb of honey-bee,
So full of sweets as babe to me.
There's not a star that shines on high,
Is brighter than my baby's eye.
There's not a boat upon the sea,
Can dance as baby does to me.
No silk was ever spun so fine
As is the hair of baby mine.
My baby smells more sweet to me
Than smells in spring the elder tree.
A little fish swims in the well,
So in my heart does baby dwell.
A little flower blows on the tree,
My baby is the flower to me.
The Queen has sceptre, crown and ball,
You are my sceptre, crown and all.
For all her robes of royal silk,
More fair your skin, as white as milk.
Ten thousand parks where deer do run,
Ten thousand roses in the sun,
Ten thousand pearls beneath the sea,
My babe more precious is to me.
that is so sweet. I don't have any children, but I have a mother - albeit she is passed onto greener pastures, so I say to each who still has a mother, feel this love and do not discard it as soupy sentimentality. It is primary.
ReplyDeleteI would change the words about the fabrics, though. It could read:
For all her silks from beige and brown
Your skin’s color is the very best gown.
Maybe someone could do better than that, but we don't want those words from yesteryear that just ASSUMED "everyone" was white to throw anyone off the divinity of this song.
thanks!