Stef Conner - Lullaby

Live performance by The Lyre Ensemble, at St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, London, June 2015, with Stef Conner singing a Sumerian text from the Third Dynasty of Ur (21st–20th centuries BC). Buy the CD here: Find out more here: Text: A lullaby for a son of Šulgi 1. Ah, ah 2. may he grow sturdy through my crooning, 3. may he flourish through my crooning! 4. May he put down strong foundations as roots, 5. may he spread branches wide like a šakir plant! 6. Lord, from this you know our whereabouts; 7. among those resplendent apple trees overhanging the river, 8. may someone who passes by reach out his hand, 9. may someone lying there raise his hand 10. My son, sleep will overtake you, 11. sleep will settle on you. 12. Sleep come, sleep come 13. Sleep come to my son 14. Sleep hasten to my son 15.