Poem by Adelaide Crapsey

Cradle Song

Madonna, Madonnina
Sat by the grey road-side,
Saint Joseph her beside,
And Our Lord at her breast;
Oh they were fain to rest,
Mary and Joseph and Jesus,
All by the grey road-side.

She said, Madonna Mary,
"I am thirsty, Joseph, and weary,
All in the desert wide."
Then bent down a tall palm-tree
Its branches low to her knee;
"Behold," the palm-tree said,
"My fruit that is drink and bread."
So were they satisfied,
Mary and Joseph and Jesus,
All by the grey road-side.

From Herod they were fled
Over the desert wide,
Mary and Joseph and Jesus,
In Egypt to abide:
Mary and Joseph and Jesus,
In Egypt to abide.

The blesse`d Queen of Heaven
Her own dear Son hath given
For my son's sake; his sleep
Is safe and sweet and deep. 

1. Grain Field
2. Amaze
3. The Companions
4. For Lucas Cranach's Eve
5. Languor after Pain

Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne Cradle Song ("Baloo loo, lammie, now baloo my dear")

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