Relationships

Baloo, Loo, Lammy

by Carolina Nairne 1766–1845

From The Home Book of Verse, ed. Burton E. Stevenson (1912)

Relationships

Baloo, loo, lammy, now baloo, my dear,
Does wee lammy ken that its daddy's no here?
Ye're rocking full sweetly on mammy's warm knee,
But daddy's a-rocking upon the salt sea.

Now hushaby, lammy, now hushaby, dear;
Now hushaby, lammy, for mother is near.
The wild wind is raving, and mammy's heart's sair;
The wild wind is raving, and ye dinna care.

Sing baloo, loo, lammy, sing baloo, my dear;
Sing baloo, loo, lammy, for mother is here.
My wee bairnie's dozing, it's dozing now fine,
And O may its wakening be blither than mine!

MLA

Nairne, Carolina. “Baloo, Loo, Lammy.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/nairn/39/.

Chicago

Nairne, Carolina. “Baloo, Loo, Lammy.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/nairn/39/.

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