NOT TO BE CONFUSED with "Hush Little Baby, Don't You Cry" (or "You'll Be An Angel Bye and Bye") which is in fact a different song, lyrically as well as melodically. It was written in 1884 especially for Lotta by F. Belasco --- (Listen to samples on the bottom of this playlist)
The "Hush, Little Baby" in this playlist is a traditional lullaby, thought to have been written in the Southern United States. Like most folk songs, the author and date of origin are unknown. The lyrics promise all kinds of rewards to the child if he or she is quiet. The simple structure allows more verses to be added ad lib.
Cecil Sharp collected The Mocking Bird from Lucy Cannady of Endicott, Virginia, on August 23, 1918.
Here's Sharp's handwritten manuscript:
A few months later Sharp collected a version from Julie Boone of Micaville, North Carolina, on October 8, 1918.
Ernest V Stoneman incorporated "Hush Little Baby" in "Say Darling Say"
(o) Justin Winfield (=Ernest V Stoneman and The Sweet Brothers) (1928) (as "Say Sarling Say")
Recorded July 9, 1928 in Richmond, Indiana,
Released on Gennett 6733
Also released on Supertone 9400 (as by Uncle Ben Hawkins)
Listen here: The Hush Little Darling frase is at 1 minute and 30 seconds in the YT below
(o) Annie Brewer (1937) (as "Hush Li'l Baby")
Recorded on March 13, 1937 by John and Ruby Lomax in Montgomery, Alabama.
Library of Congress recording 878 B1
Annie Brewer was a schoolteacher
Listen here: https://youtu.be/ibmQnGL_eNM?t=2147
(c) Bernice Haynes (1939) (as "Hush Little Baby")
Recorded on May 21, 1939 by John and Ruby Lomax in Lincoln County.
Cummins State Farm, near Varner, Arkansas
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(c) Texas Gladden (1941) (as "Hush, Baby , Don't You Cry")
Recorded by Alan and Elizabeth Lomax in 1941 in Salem, Virginia.
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(c) Jean Ritchie (1949) (as "Hush Little Baby")
(c) Weavers (1951) (as "Hush Little Baby")
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(c) Jean Ritchie (1952) (as "Hush Little Baby")
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(c) Sandy and Caroline Paton (1960) (as "Hush Little Baby")
(c) Odetta (1960) (as "Hush Little Baby")
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(c) Joan Baez (1963) (as "Hush Little Baby")
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In 1963 Inez and Charlie Foxx wrote and recorded "Mockingbird" based on "Hush Little Baby"
(c) Inez Foxx (1963) (as "Mockingbird")
(c) Dusty Springfield (1964) (as "Mockingbird")
Recorded January 27, 1964 at the Olympic Studios in Barnes, UK
(c) Nina Simone (1964) (as "Hush Little Baby")
Recorded live on May 12, 1963 at Carnegie Hall
(c) Elvis Presley (1964) (as "Puppet On A String")
With new lyrics by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett.
Recorded June 10, 1964
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(c) Marlene Dietrich (1964) (as "Scht...Kleines Baby")
With German lyrics by Marlene Diertrich
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Carly Simon and James Taylor recorded a remake of "Mockingbird" in the autumn of 1973.
Released in 1974 "Mockingbird" rose to number 5 on the Billboard Pop singles chart and number 10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, and was certified Gold by the RIAA, signifying sales of one million copies in the US.
(c) Carly Simon & James Taylor (1974) (as "Mockingbird")
(c) Tim Hart (1983) (as "Hush Litle Baby")
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(c) The Men They Couldn't Hang (1985) (as "Hush Little Baby")
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(c) Horseflies (1988) (as "Hush Little Baby")
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(c) Judy Collins (1990) (as "Hush Little Baby")
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American rapper Eminem also used the lullaby "Hush Little Baby" in the lyrics of his single "Mockingbird" from his 2004 album Encore. />
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"Hush Little Baby" combined with the "Hambone" dance were also the inspiration for a 1952 song called "Hambone".
NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH "Hush Little Baby, Don't You Cry" (or "You'll Be An Angel Bye and Bye") which is a different song, lyrically as well as melodically. It was written in 1884 especially for Lotta by F. Belasco
(o) Edith McDonald (1920) (as "Hush Little Baby, Don't You Cry")
Recorded April 5, 1920 in New York City
Matrix # 7285-F
Released on Edison Diamond Disc # 80560-L
(c) Frieda Hempel (1920) (as "Hush Little Baby, Don't You Cry")
Recorded May 24, 1920 in New York City
Matrix # 7368-B
Released on Edison Diamond Disc # 82204-R
And also on Edison Royal Purple Amberol Record (#29067)
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(c) Uncle Dave Macon (1929) ( as "Hush Little Baby, Don't You Cry")
Released on Vocalion # 5397
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