You want rap?! ZINZILÈ’s “Christmas Lullaby” provides! There’s sipping and sinking and crying, however. Watch out.
C.J. Ramone belts out the ’80s rocker “Christmas Lullaby” as a tribute to getting home on time to his baby.
The Langer’s Ball drive hard into “A Christmas Lullaby” (with just a hint of Celtic flute) to hush your mouths. Toorah loorah rock.
Nogu Svelo! sings “Christmas Lullaby” (Ногу Свело! – “Рождественская колыбельная”) as a Russian horrorshow of laughter and hiding from Santa. Industrial pop, translated into English for your convenience.
We’ve tipped the hat to the old hymn “The Silver Stars are in the Sky” to honor stars. But it IS a lullaby. So let’s see how Janet Seidel hits the jazz club diva target for this Big Choir Number.
Skirting the topic, the rather well known lullaby “All Through the Night” (NOT the Cyndi Lauper hit) is tangentially X-mas, though it is 18th Century Welsh harp music. It sneaks into plenty of X-mas albums, however, so let’s allow the modern soul adaptation from Chevon and Flagstone. They can barely keep up, so overwhelmed with reverence are they. Love it.
Another lesser known ‘standard’ of Christmas carols is “Still Still Still,” the 19th Century Austrian folk tune. Usually a Big Number with the church choir, it prefer the low down and dirty honkytonk routine from The Lower Lights (or the jazz club bit from Shay Estes).
Ruben & Marlaina Garcia wield monotony and panpipe to slumberific effect in the loving and weaving “Christmas Lullaby.” Good stuff.
Childsong from Willie Sterba mixes tremolo with admonition and dreamscape for a “Christmas Lullaby” you might want to forget. (Mention the gifts, Willie!)
Not clear on Olivia Newton-John fronting for Mannheim Steamroller’s “Christmas Lullaby.” That’s a pretty sexy warble for the tikes.
“A Christmas Lullaby” from Rob Falsini is the song a dad troubadours to the kids to get them to calm down 12/24 20:59. A bit of rock, but not of rocking.
Sara Ernst misses the mark, too, with coffeehouse ukulele and country twanging hallelujahs in “Christmas Lullaby (The Angel’s Song).” (Read the room, girl!)
A nice turn of The Nativity from Smalltown Poets in their indie ballad: “Christmas Lullaby.”
“This Christmas Lullaby” from Michael Sheahan is a boisterous Celtic dance number about how welcome you are. Sleep tight.
Bruce Enloe is also a bit pushy with “A Christmas Lullaby.” This folk strummer is a stern reminder what’s at stake for the sleeping/not sleeping choice. (Scat bridge!)
Jay Alan Henderson phones in his “Christmas Lullaby” with talent but no imagination. Easy listening can be hell.
“Christmas Lullaby” from Baptist College of Ministry Concert Chorale is rad harmony, and great reverence. But piercing, mon.
Devolving into catchy pop, Neil Sedaka croons “Baby’s First Christmas Lullaby” with earnest–albeit quiet–gusto. Just right.
The New Christy Minstrels minstrel it up with “Tell Me,” that old routine about Tell Me a Story to help me fall asleep. Watch for the Linus solo in the middle.
“A Christmas Lullaby” from Salt Lake Choral Artists is overly tabernacled, but sweet and charming. When a hundred people sing Go To Sleep, it affects you.
Cary Grant’s “Christmas Lullaby” (1967) begins as a spoken confession to the sleeping child about hopes and dreams (and Jesus, too!). Then he–sorta–sings!
Barbra Streisand presides over the ethereal “Christmas Lullaby” with stately grace. She da Queen.
Joliet4 shovels on the suffering and bleeding for her string-heavyily orchestrated “The Christmas Lullaby.” Yet, this is indie, so depressing? Or just accurate??
Balsam Range hits the bluegrass monotone nicely with their “Christmas Hymn.” (Which i have other versions of as “Cradle Hymn” here sweetly harmonized by Elizabeth Mitchell for your taste test comparisons.)
Amy Grant’s “Christmas Lullaby (I will Lead You Home)” is more for the lost who must needs be found, but it is soothing easy listening. (yawn) (i mean that in a good way)
With a Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li or two, Shane MacGowan & The Popes Celtic shanty their “Christmas Lullaby” with a inner city pathos and poverty. The neglected have to sleep too y’know.
Claiming NOT to be one, “Lullaby [Christmas Version]” by Rilan indies the pain with strong vocals and harsh criticism. Go to sleep, kay?
James Tait And The Echo Youth Choir attempt the unfortunate child version of “Christmas Lullaby” with ear-troubling results. They tried.
Santa won’t deliver gifts to your house if you– [1] Are naughty? pshaw, he’ll leave you coal! [2] Have no chimney? didn’t we just cover that?! [3] live in the Projects? we need to talk, you poor thing! The answer is– [4] If You’re NOT Asleep!!
One of the timeless proven methods to encourage somnolence is to sing to the wee ones. Rather than get to their feet and wave lighters, their response is to feel comfort and safety. Then saw logs. [I’ll be honest: i had no idea how many dozens of songs were Xmas lullabies! Figured i’d spend a week on these, but my posts for this entire month include only a fraction of what i found. Holy moly.]
A grand gathering of church choristers mellifluously harmonizing about why this baby king has no crown prolly wouldn’t put me down, but John Rutter and The Cambridge Singers’ “Christmas Lullaby” rises and rises to make its point. Hey Mary.
With a big holy holy holy lead in Danny O’Flaherty tenders his tenor simply to the Celtic mastery of “The Christ Child Lullaby.” Better’n church!
Jason Robert Brown’s musical ‘Songs for a New World’ yields the modernized hymnal “Christmas Lullaby” more about mother power, than sons of men. Solea Pfeiffer’s vocals soar into the rafters and beyond.
Christian pop from P.O.D. sanctifies the unplugged “Christmas Lullaby.” Gentle observations and homilies guide our nighttimes.
