What does hushaby mean?
Hushaby means (archaic) hush and be still; a lull to sleep.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · interjection
(archaic) hush and be still; a lull to sleep.
The night is fair, and the waves are still, And the wind is singing to you and to me In this lowly home beside the sea — Hushaby, sweet my own!
Hush-a-by, baby, upon the tree-top; / When the wind blows the cradle will rock; / When the bough breaks the cradle will fall; / Down will come cradle and baby and all.
The moaning of their voices seemed to me to be like what is understood in Scotland by a "sugh," and might very well have passed for a hushaby, when the nurse had nearly succeeded in murmuring herself to sleep, as well as her infant.
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Hushaby means (archaic) hush and be still; a lull to sleep.
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The night is fair, and the waves are still, And the wind is singing to you and to me In this lowly home beside the sea — Hushaby, sweet my own!
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