All The Pretty Little Horses (Nursery Rhyme)

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  "summary": "\"All The Pretty Little Horses\" is a beloved nursery rhyme lullaby that wraps a sleepy baby in soft, dreamy promises — sweet cake, open meadows, and a parade of blacks, bays, dapples, and grays. Each gentle verse builds a world of butterflies, wide skies, and six little horses waiting for when the child wakes. The rhythm is slow and hushing, designed to calm a restless little one with warmth and quiet wonder. Read this short, free nursery rhyme online and share it at bedtime.",
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    "Hush-a-bye, don’t you cry, Go to sleep, my little baby. When you wake, you shall have, All the pretty little horses.",
    "Blacks and bays, dapples and grays, Coach and six little horses. Hush-a-bye, don’t you cry, Go to sleep, my little baby.",
    "Down in the meadow, poor little babe, Birds and butterflies fluttering by, babe. Hush-a-bye, don’t you cry, All the pretty little horses.",
    "When you wake, you’ll have sweet cake, And all the pretty little horses. A brown and a gray, and a black and a bay, Coach and six little horses.",
    "Hush now, baby, don’t you weep, Close your eyes and go to sleep. Dream of skies wide and deep, Oh, all the pretty little horses.",
    "This version of Ririro 's rendering brings the traditional American lullaby \"All The Pretty Little Horses\" to life for a new generation of online readers. The rhyme is thought to date back to the antebellum American South, carried forward through oral tradition for centuries. This adaptation gently expands the original verses with imagery of meadows, butterflies, and dreaming skies."
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  "body_text": "Hush-a-bye, don’t you cry, Go to sleep, my little baby. When you wake, you shall have, All the pretty little horses.\n\nBlacks and bays, dapples and grays, Coach and six little horses. Hush-a-bye, don’t you cry, Go to sleep, my little baby.\n\nDown in the meadow, poor little babe, Birds and butterflies fluttering by, babe. Hush-a-bye, don’t you cry, All the pretty little horses.\n\nWhen you wake, you’ll have sweet cake, And all the pretty little horses. A brown and a gray, and a black and a bay, Coach and six little horses.\n\nHush now, baby, don’t you weep, Close your eyes and go to sleep. Dream of skies wide and deep, Oh, all the pretty little horses.\n\nThis version of Ririro 's rendering brings the traditional American lullaby \"All The Pretty Little Horses\" to life for a new generation of online readers. The rhyme is thought to date back to the antebellum American South, carried forward through oral tradition for centuries. This adaptation gently expands the original verses with imagery of meadows, butterflies, and dreaming skies.",
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