from Compositions by Nuala Kennedy
This little song was inspired by a recording Alan Lomax made of Máire Ní Shúilleabháin in 1951 – she sang as Gaeilge a song traditionally sung while milking cows and Lomax labelled it ‘Cow’s Croon’. I loved the melody so much, and at the time I was working on Husheen – a new lullaby project with my friend Cathy Jordan. So I made a song called ‘A Mother’s Croon’ for the old melody.
