Rock all Our Babies to Sleep
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Rock All Our Babies to Sleep", also known as "Lonnie’s Breakdown" is an old-time<br> waltz in 3/4 time and G Major. The parts are played AA’BB.<br> A waltz derived from a song of the same name that was<br> recorded by a number of early country music stars, including Jimmie Rodgers (1932),<br> Uncle Dave Macon (1926) and the Leake County Ramblers (1928). The lyrics depict a man<br> who stays at home ‘rocking all the babies to sleep’, deserted by a wife who has left to<br> enjoy the nightlife of the town. The song was derived from "Hush-a-bye Baby," recorded<br> by George P. Watson in 1910. This is the instrumental version.<br> We play a simpler version at our local old-time jam.<br> This version is from Lonnie Robertson (1908-1981, Springfield, Mo.), who<br> learned it in Shenandoah, Iowa, during a stint playing for a radio station there.<br> It was printed in Beisswenger & McCann's Ozarks Fiddle Music (2008).<br> It was recorded by Jimmie Rodgers on The Singing Brakeman and<br> Lonnie Robertson on Lonnie’s Breakdown (1978).<br>
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