- General Information about item:
- Verbal Lore, lullaby
- Language: English
- Country of Origin: Madison, Wisconsin
- Informant: J.J.
- Date Collected: 10-20-2021
- Informant Data: J.J. lives in East Wheelock and is a member of the class of 2025. She is majoring in Mathematics. She is a member of DSO orchestra group in campus and is affiliated with the Christian church on campus. She looks forward to the next four years here!
- Contextual Data:
- Cultural Context: This lullaby and it subsequent types were made actual songs. This were soothing and very effective at making a child go to bed and have nice dreams.
- Social Context: Father used to sing this lullaby to J.J in carseat and before going to bed. It was a very common lullaby that was learned at the Oaks Pre-School in Madison, WI.
- Associated File:
- Transcript:
- Somewhere over the rainbow
- Way up high There’s a land that I heard of
- Once in a lullaby Somewhere over the rainbow
- Skies are blue And the dreams that you dare to dream
- Really do come true
- Someday I’ll wish upon a star
- And wake up where the clouds are far
- Behind me Where troubles melt like lemon drops
- Away above the chimney tops
- That’s where you’ll find me Somewhere over the rainbow
- Bluebirds fly Birds fly over the rainbow
- Why then, oh why can’t I? If happy little bluebirds fly
- Beyond the rainbow Why, oh why can’t I?
- Informant’s Comments: This was very special to me as I was extremely close with my dad. When I heard this song it was not uncommon that I cried.
- Collector’s Comments: It seems like such a sweet, and soothing song. I can see how this helped prevent nightmares.
- Collector’s Name: Ignacio Ortiz
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Ignacio Ortiz)
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