RUSSIAN LULLABY
Irving Berlin  1927

as recorded by Ella Fitzgerald 
with Studio Orchestra conducted by Paul Weston  
March 1958 
Los Angeles

also recorded by -
Harry Reser & his Orchestra '27
Roger Wolfe Kahn & his Orchestra '27
Arthur Briggs & his Savoy Syncopaters Orchestra '27
Jesse Crawford '27
Ted Lewis & his Orchestra '28
The Nat "King" Cole Trio '39
Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra '39
Louis Armstrong & his All Stars '50
Teresa Brewer '83
Ruby Braff & Ellis Larkins '94
Harold Leonard & his Waldorf Astoria Orchestra
Mantovani & his Orchestra


Every night you hear her croon
A Russian lullaby,
Just a little plaintive tune
When baby starts to cry.

Rockabye my baby,
Somewhere there may be
A land that's free
For you and me,
And a Russian lullaby.



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - January 2013)