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"All the Pretty Little Horses" (also known as "Hush-a-bye") is a traditional American lullaby from the United States. ==Origin== "The English and Scottish popular ballads" edited by Francis James Child. published 1884. a consolidation of folk songs 1600-1800 five volume set The origin of this song is not fully known. The song is commonly thought to be of African American origin, yet the tune is more easily identified as English or Scottish in origin.〔Lomax, Alan. ''American Ballads and Folksongs''. Mineola: Dover Publishing, 1994. (p. 304-305)〕 The author Lyn Ellen Lacy is often quoted as the primary source for the theory that suggests the song was "originally sung by an African American slave who could not take care of her baby because she was too busy taking care of her master's child. She would sing this song to her master's child".〔Lacy, Lyn Ellen. ''Art and Design in Children's Picture Books: An Analysis of Caldecott Award-Winning Illustrations''. Chicago: American Library Association, 1986. (p. 76)〕 However, Lacy's book ''Art and Design in Children's Books'' is not an authority on the heritage of traditional American folk songs, but rather a commentary on the art and design in children's literature. Still some versions of "All the Pretty Little Horses" contain added lyrics that make this theory a possibility. One such version of All the Pretty Little Little is provided in Alan Lomax's book ''American Ballads and Folksongs'', though he makes no claim of the song's African-American origins. "Way down yonder, In de medder, There's a po' lil lambie, De bees an' de butterflies, Peckin' out its eyes, De po' lil lambie cried, "Mammy!""〔 Another version contains the lyrics "Buzzards and flies, Picking out its eyes, Pore little baby crying".〔Scarborough, Dorothy. ''On the Trail of Negro Folk-Songs''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1925. (p. 145-148)〕 The theory would suggest that the lyrics "po' lil lambie cried, "Mammy"" is in reference to the slaves who were often separated from their own families in order to serve their owners. However, this verse is very different from the rest of the lullaby, suggesting that the verse may have been added later or has a different origin than the rest of the song. The verse also appears in the song "Ole Cow" and older versions of the song "Black Sheep, Black Sheep".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「All the Pretty Little Horses」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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