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This is not really a lullaby, because it is a little faster than a lullaby, however, this is the song that my grandmother would sing to all of her grandchildren as we would love to climb up in her recliner with her. SHe was a wonderful and remarkable woman. SHe gave birth and raised 8 of her own children as well as a stepson. ALl of this by herself I might add. SHe LOVED everyone. Never met a stranger and everyone loved her. Now she told me that this was an Irish lullaby, but my aunt (WHO would argue with a tree, ) tells me my grandmoth"er made this up. I will never know. MY grandmother died in APril of 2000, but she will always be loved. Here it is. It sounds more like a tavern song to me, but it's special to me. "Two men from Darbytown" "There were two men in Darbytown these two men were rich one was the son of a millionaire the other was the son of a hocus bocus deedle dum docus if you think I lie go down to Darbytown and see the same as I" "Of all the insects in the woods I'd rather be a mosquito I'd fly down to grandpa's house and light up on his hocus bocus deedle dum docus if you think I lie go down to Darbytown and see the same as I" I got up in front of my 1st grade class and sung them this song. My teacher was mortified. LOL
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