Lullaby For A Baby
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
LULLABY FOR A BABY (M-(3xS32+3xJ32)) 3C Set Enid Bensa Second Sheaf CollectionStrathspey
1- 8 1M+2L set advancing and turn 2H back to place; 1L+2M repeat, remaining facing out
9-16 Reels of 3 on sides (1s+2s pass RSh to start). All end in middle ready for...
17-24 1s+2s+3s dance Allemande. 321
25-28 3s+2s set to each other on sides and ½ turn 2H to change places. 231
29-32 All turn partners 2H
Repeat Strathspey twice more
Jig
1 -32 Repeat as Strathspey but replacing 2H turns and ½ turns with RH turns and ½ turns
Repeat Jig twice more
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Dance Information
A lullaby is a word for a cradle song.It's a calming song or piece of music specifically designed for adults to sing to small children but people of all ages can find them beneficial when trying to fall asleep.
Lullabies exist in all cultures and as with all (primarily) mother to baby interventions, lullabies serve various roles in communicating and soothing, but getting a child to sleep with simple and repetitive melodies are a primary function.
The word lullaby comes from Middle English lullen ("to lull") and by[e] (as in "near"). The word was first recorded circa 1560.
"The Lullaby", François Nicholas Riss (1804–1868), Oil On Canvas, c. between 1820 and 1886
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