Lucio Petroccione, Composer
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A Children's Lullaby

This piece was inspired by a poem by Yeats.

The Angels are stooping above your bed
They weary of trooping with the whimpering dead
Gods laughing in heaven to see you so good
The Shining Seven are gay with his mood
I Kiss you and kiss you my pigeon my dove
And how I shall miss you when you have grown

The opening of the piece is the melody for the poem. The second part - my feelings as I watched the children slowly fall asleep. It is one of my favorite themes.  I felt such peace and joy watching them toss and turn. Such a wonderful memory - I could hear them asking "Dad, can you read it one more time...please." (over and over again)

Score: Piano
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      • Baylight
      • Coming Home
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      • Night Fog
      • Spring Tide
      • Storm at 5 Mile
      • Storms Edge
      • Morning Run
    • Of Younger Days
    • Two Movements for Voice
    • The Summer House
    • Poesia
    • Red Rhapsody
    • Standing Still
    • Two Sketches
    • Blue Fields
    • The Swan
    • Holding Up Half the Sky
    • Jagged Memories
    • Children's Lullaby
    • The Snowman and the Bridge
    • An Awkward Man
  • Soundscapes
    • away from home
    • incredible day
    • without you...
    • gehrig st
    • touching fire
    • flying
    • every moment
    • driving home...
    • breathe me
    • fragments
    • ice storm
    • tear my soul...
    • distorted memory
    • sweet agony
    • beautiful Girl
    • starlight
    • moody ways
    • believe me
    • house
    • stonington lane
    • sunday afternoon
    • Like the Rain
    • Heartbeat
  • the basement
    • Words >
      • the yellow taxi
      • yesterday
      • pink sweater
      • brown meadows
      • snowing in new york
      • thirty years
      • some dogs for me
      • the table
      • disturb
      • travel too
      • every every
      • god
      • home
      • unusual
      • the night before
      • the passing
      • soaring
      • as one
      • hundred times
      • untitled
      • a poem
      • fallen
      • dance as she sings
      • tender and sweet
      • the hill
      • the bridge
      • wistful words
      • lay witness
      • family
      • how far can i run
      • with you
      • twenty minutes to the bridge
      • a wine glass of you
      • drowning into you
      • your
      • broken
      • but for you
      • still more
      • waiting for you
      • winter calls
      • rainstorm
      • unfold for me
      • locked
      • burn this night
      • you will be there
      • this night
      • your road
      • rooftops
      • on her way home
      • wait
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  • Contact Lucio