How to Play Hush Little Baby Mockingbird on the 6 Hole Ocarina

About Hush Little Baby Mockingbird

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Hush Little Baby is a traditional lullaby from the American South, handed down by singing rather than by any printed book, so its author is unknown. The verses work like a chain, where each promised gift that fails becomes the reason for the next, and a parent can keep inventing lines for as long as it takes a child to drift off. Because it was never fixed on paper, no two families sing quite the same words.

Like most lullabies, Hush Little Baby is meant to be sung low and slow and repeated until a restless child gives in. It is an American folk piece with no known composer, kept alive entirely by parents at the bedside, and the famous mockingbird line is only the opening; the song wanders on through a whole list of promised comforts.

This setting keeps the tune in the middle of the six-hole ocarina, running from low C up to B. That easy stretch suits the slow, rocking pace a lullaby wants.

Hush Little Baby Mockingbird Ocarina Tab

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