Lina Elizabeth
Today is a very special celebration of the first birthday of my great-granddaughter Lina. When she was born almost 4 months early in September, I felt the compulsion to somehow connect over the miles from AZ to MD. I sat on my patio every morning and imagined myself holding her and rocking and I wrote her a lullaby, trying to make it similar to the folk lullabies I sang to my children.
A Lullaby for Lina,
September 2016
By Nana Nana, Sharon
Smith Gilbert
REFRAIN
Lu lu que lu lu
Nana Nana sings to you,
of butterfly kisses that fly, fly, fly
over the land, across the sky.
Lu lu que lu lu
Nana Nana sings to you,
of butterfly kisses that fly, fly, fly
over the land, across the sky.
1.
Nana sings
of her home to you,
where the
little grey dove says, coo, coo, coo,
where the
sun shines hot,
where the
cactus grow,
and the
bougainvillea petals blow.
REFRAIN
Lu lu que lu lu
Nana Nana sings to you,
of butterfly kisses that fly, fly, fly
over the land, across the sky.
2.
Sweetly
dream of your farm today,
where soon
two sisters will run and play.
Where the
barn stands tall,
and the
kittens meow,
and the
doggies run in the meadows now.
Lu lu que lu lu
Nana Nana sings to you,
of butterfly kisses that fly, fly, fly
over the land, across the sky.
3.On the
farm a sparkling stream
Where fishies
swim as in a dream
And the
water is clear
And the
pebbles shine bright
And Stars
reflect here when soft comes the night
REFRAIN
Lu lu que lu lu
Nana Nana sings to you,
of butterfly kisses that fly, fly, fly
over the land, across the sky.
