Hush-a-bye Waltz

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 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Don Messer
 Region    Canada
 Genre/Style    Down-East/Maritime
 Meter/Rhythm    Waltz/Valse/Vals
 Key/Tonic of    C
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    3/4
 History    CANADA(Maritimes/English)
 Structure    ABA
 Editor/Compiler    
 Book/Manuscript title    
 Tune and/or Page number    
 Year of publication/Date of MS    
 Artist    Biography:Don Messer & His Islanders
 Title of recording    Hush-a-bye Waltz
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Apex 9-26462
 Year recorded    1957
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X:1 T: Hush-a-bye Waltz N:The second part of the tune is almost identical to Luigi Arditi's "Il Bacio," a N:waltz song published in the 1860's, which was also the basis for the "Kiss Me" waltz.

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