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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Hush-a-bye, baby
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, on the tree top
The most popular lullaby in Britain, first printed in Mother Goose's Melody of about 1780 and sung to a version of *Lilliburlero. There have frequent attempts to find a historical origin for the baby and its fall from the tree top. The rhyme probably reflects an old country habit of suspending a cradle from a branch to have it rocked by the wind.
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