O Brother, Where Art Though? Go to Sleep You Little Baby with Lyrics the original

[CelineLaClair]

I've been looking for this video!

[Mtdeadhead312]

the line "you and me plus the devil makes three" is particularly what brought me here. I always liked the idea of the devil in folk songs/ literature... 

[Mtdeadhead312]

@Mtdeadhead312

Also this song is really good!

[minciuni1918]

I sing this to my baby girl every night. She always falls asleep with a smile on her face. :) Thanks for posting this video!

[Sokulski]

God I love this song the lyrics are interesting bc you don't really notice them the first time you hear them

[demirenesmith1586]

like this if your here because of swamp people(:

[Jonesle90]

Great movie, great song, nice video, but I would like to point out it's "O Brother, Where Art Thou" and not "though".

[gotsallthecookies]

i like song like video but did you have to make word pink it hard to read

[spinningstarr]

Name of the song is called "Devil's Lullaby" it goes all the way back to Ireland where its still sung to babies in galic? and english it a father singing to his baby whos mother is not there.

[CanFullOfGerbils]

This song haunts me. It is so beautiful in its sound and simplicity. I love it!

[UnknownDred]

If i were to guess what it is even about(it was originally a black folk song), I would imagine that maybe it's a lullaby that a grandma would sing to a little baby who's mom just died. it's maybe in the mom's point of view saying "I'm gone, but you still have your father and one day you can lay your bones on the alabaster stone and be my everlovin baby" or perhaps a mother singing to her child that was about to be taken away from her during the slave days.

[dedo1700]

For the people that are hating on this music: eh... typical city people

[XxAmiraOfDarknessxX]

@dedo1700 I'm from the city and i love this music...

[anoksenyamen]

@dedo1700 you dont have to be a country child to love music like this...

[TheUgotowned12345678]

love the song and the movie

[kibble550]

jelous*



[kibble550]

they have such pretty voices. I'm jelouse of their singing! haha, I play this song when my little baby cousin can't sleep and it puts her right to sleep :)

[design3r4]

love this song though it gives me the creps reminds me of when i found out the meaning of ring around the rosie every lullaby has a scary meaning behind it if you choose to view it that way ;')

[nooodles865]

people are making too much out of the reference.In the old days the devil was spoken about to children and there was no issue in it, even for a child's lullaby, many children's songs and even prayers speak of the devil or even the child's demise."now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep if I should die before I wake I pray the Lord my soul to take".it was a different time and makes the lullaby no less loving and sweet.Ring around the rosie is about the plague.so calm down-

[nula07]

@nooodles865

Perhaps you calm down, and settle down. It's frame of reference, guess is, you're not it.

[nula07]

@nooodles865

How much creepy do you have? Large, and spam, only. Seriously, dude, you got issues, take care elsewhere. Others, ignore. Way all over the place.

[nooodles865]

@nula07 ok ...I dont have any Idea what you were trying to say..if you meant using the devil in a song for a child does not mean, they were singing to the devil just that they included a fear of the devil in talking to kids prayers,songs and poems. where we wouldn't today.I am a teacher and we studied the origins of children's songs ect.check it out do a search for origins of these songs and poems...if you weren't talking about that I cant help you sweet pea

[spinningstarr]

@nooodles865 rign around the rosie pockets full of posie(a deadly plant) is based on the accidental posining of a large group of children a few hundred years ago and its sung as a warning don't eat flowers or berries that you don't know or you will die

[EBRSims]

*face palm* It's not about sex or drugs. The only thing in music like this is moonshine and whisky. Chill your crap.

[Katniss5008]

Dear Lord,

Please provide an answer to my prayers, but let it be soon or I will go postal.

K

[arieshorse24]

Thank you very much for posting the lyrics! I knew most of them, now i know them all :) I love love love the harmony! You don't really hear this type of harmony nowadays. I'd much rather listen to this than anything else. Thanks again!

[bethnewsom1]

people try to analyze things to much.. i sing this song to my child every night i just switch the word devil with daddy and she loves it!

[myrapidheartbeat]

@bethnewsom1 That is SO True!! Thanks for the great comment :) I love how you switch the word devil to daddy when you sing it to your wee one, so cute!

[Caelroigh]

@myrapidheartbeat This is about the sweetest li'l tune I've ever heard. Gillian Welch called it "about half way between a lullaby and a field holler". I'd call it halfway between earth and heaven. The fine rolling rythmn, the sad haunting minor key.The lyric is irreverent and melancholy, yet somehow hopeful. Granted the "sirens" are beautiful and alluring but the "sensuality" is as innocent as enjoying rain on your face. Too bad people can't just enjoy it. Thanks fo the upload.

[myrapidheartbeat]

@Caelroigh This is about the best comment this video has gotten ;) Thanks so much! We sure feel the same about this song and I appreciate that.

[715musicman]

@bethnewsom1 I bet you have a lovely voice! Glad you took the devil out! I think this song is a beautiful lullaby-the devil. LOL

[PotentiallyHarmful]

@bethnewsom1 Yeah, It's exactly like "London bridge is falling down" "ring around the rosey" "Rock a bye baby" and really most of the lullabyes we sing our kids. The kids have no idea what's really even being said, but we sing it to them all the time. Just because we know what it says and what it means doesn't mean the kid doesn't. I sure didn't get the "ashes ashes we allf all down" thing, but I loved the song. Some people just need to relax!~

[EternalMoonAngel55]

I find this to be a terribly creepy song.

[offmyrocker21]

Why can't I stop listening to this song??????

[MNCARSON]

god is the devil and vice versa its the same thing just depending on what u r cause i have searched the whole universe for heaven and hell and only found them here on earth blah blah. if u like drugs and hookers do em if u dont dont. just keep your nose out of other pples business

[krisywhite01]

We thought you was a TOADD!! lol

[aquaman2000]

This song is for all the little innocent baby boys and girls who has been scarred by sexual abuse. I kiss your soul, please heal.

[nula07]

@aquaman2000

No, it's not. It's folk music....apparently nothing to do with you. (Who HAS been? Ever paid attention in school?) It's folk music, look it up. Jeez. 

[Billsk8s]

PhoenixxxStar, If you are offended by someone calling out evil where evil is, then you NEED to be offended and learn the truth. The devil is evil ,liar, deceiver, and out to kill and destroy where he can. No one compared heart attacks to the devil.I do compare him to idiots defending him. Don't try to make like there is no Satan, that is the greatest deception he ever pulled of is to make people believe he don't exist.

[MMandGlitter]

@PhoenixxxStar Obsessive Compulsive is a disease. not the devil but an actual diagnosed disease that the victims can't help. its offensive when people throw it out as evil. thats like saying heart attacks are the devil and the people who have them are evil.

[KaidenTheOtter]

@MMandGlitter It's not a disease it's a disorder..but i agree

[IStoleVashsDonut]

Sounds like theremins in the background

[Joeyal123]

my Ex Gf knew every word of this song and she could sound just like the lady that sing this song even though she was from Israel LOL

[PhoenixxxStar]

I don't like the Devil wording but when one thinks about it, it represents the sins of this world that ensnare us. Whether it be drugs, sex, porn, booze, pills, food or obsessive compulsive behaviour that drives us, each of us has a "devil" walking beside us. It is a very powerful song and the lyrics combined with the ambience makes it so haunting. I've loved this song ever since I first heard it. Thank you so much for posting this!!!!!

[myrapidheartbeat]

@PhoenixxxStar You are very welcome!! :) I appreciate your lovely comment on my video, obviously I feel the same way about this song as you do. Thanks for visiting!

[nula07]

@PhoenixxxStar

It is a powerful song.

Your focus on "drugs, sex, porn, booze, pills, food or obsessive compulsive behaviour that drives us, each of us has a "devil" walking beside us. " Your take...."the sins of this world that ensnare us." Settle down. Your regard of "sin" is of no importance in a secular world. You little girl. Not all share your beliefs, you know that. Be a good person, share amongst those of like mind, it's a song from a movie, get over yourself.

[ThePonola]

@nula07

It should be noted that religion played a very major role in this movie, so a religious analysis of this song isn't far-fetched. Also, despite the world being secular, "Devil" is still a word in use to describe a harmful habit or condition, and a Devil is something we all have. I'd say she was spot on.

[nula07]

@PhoenixxxStar

Ensnares whom, you? It's a folk song, not a thing to do with your mess...."drugs, sex, porn, booze, pills, food or obsessive compulsive behaviour that drives us, each of us has a "devil" walking beside us" Perhaps....your regard is freaky, perhaps you should get away. "I don't like the Devil wording ". So what? Perhaps you should ask before you intrude...you have your issues, nothing for you here, it's a folk song. Let it be one, nothing to do with you.

[PhoenixxxStar]

I don't like the Devil wording but when one thinks about it, it represents the sins of this world that ensnare us. Whether it be drugs, sex, porn, booze, pills, food or obsessive compulsive behaviour that drives us, each of us has a "devil" walking beside us. It is a very poserful song and the lyrics combined with the ambience makes it so haunting. I've loved this song ever since I first heard it. Thank you so much for posting this!!!!!

[nula07]

@PhoenixxxStar "Whether it be drugs, sex, porn, booze, pills, food or obsessive compulsive behaviour that drives us, each of us has a "devil" walking beside us." Oh, stop. Excuses abound, not allowed.  Ambience? Haunting? Having fun yet? All your goofy, cliched contrivances have been allowed, extra-ordinarily. If at some point you act seriously, you will be treated seriously.

[tvturtle12]

my niece goes to sleep listening to this song and i agree this was not meant

 to be a negative song

[metaphoricalbamf]

Ahh I miss this movie.

[JeremysVideos2]

I can't believe the uploader comments. It's hard for me to believe anyone thinks that lyrics like: "she's long gone with her red shoes on gonna need another lovin' baby" and "you and me and the devil makes three gonna need another lovin' baby' and "be my ever lovin' baby" are meant to indicate the person being sung to is an actual baby!

Maybe in the original version but I think this one was written for the movie with the scene in mind.

[jmeme16]

@JeremysVideos2

Yea... A lot of the songs from the film are well studied in cultural academia (believe it or not). It is very indicative of the prevalent, southern-baptist message of the eternal presence of evil. I change the lyrics to a less gloomy version when I sing it to my kids but Jeremy is right; I think this version was modified to reflect a scene which sirens are seducing the men. Makes sense to me anyway... and who could resist Alison Krauss. I would marry her voice.

[nula07]

@JeremysVideos2

So, look it up. Can you do that much? 

[gwaladrielle]

i love that song,i thought i wouldn't find it

[myrapidheartbeat]

@gwaladrielle I'm glad I've got it posted for you ;) I think I might be the only one.....

[gwaladrielle]

@myrapidheartbeat ooh yeah,but u're not.lol,even if i prefer your version it seems u took it directly from the movie,thank you :-)

[xe0n36]

This song is really good, but it gets allot better when you see the hot babes singing it :) 

[oleskater]

I'm 66 years old from the Ohio valley and remember this to be a lullaby my mom sang. When I saw the movie I was confused because it was out of character. Thanks for the history

[AyBaiBai100]

So I am a dancer and the Jazz girls did a dance to this song! Thanks but the lyrics are messed up

[forevercheerbabie]

This is the actual version in the movie right?



[myrapidheartbeat]

@forevercheerbabie yes, it is :)

[daisyhinojosa23]

beautiful song! Thanks for uploading :D

[ashashbaby100]

you got the lyrics wrong its go to sleep you little baby (go to sleep you little baby)

[CyborgJ0]

Them sirens loved him up and turn him into a horny toad!

[secjmusic9966]

my mom used to sing this to me to me and my sister everynight to put us to sleep. (: and i will sing it to my children as well.

[rogueforge]

Yeah, it's the Angel of Death singing to the dying baby.

[heatherdixon08]

the lyrics are actually supposed to be daddy's gone to stay not gonna stay...he gone not coming back...not to where he is GOING to stay.

[stillshakydave]

You did a nice job and your description only added to it! In my "favorites!"

[dana44s]

One of my favourites from the movie. Gotta love the ambient guitars and instruments in the background

[joolspirog]

You need to read about the mermaid of Zennon and what mermaids do, it'll all make sense.

[myrapidheartbeat]

@joolspirog  Hey, thanks for the info, I will be checking that out! :)

[More13Feen]

@joolspirog Thank you! again anice old legend with a happy end! I like storrys from GB and Eier....

[rhyno629player]

@joolspirog i read the whole thing and it said they lived undersea together forever to this day and he sings for her...nothing bad?

[demekliuz]

The first thing I thought when I read the lyrics was that the baby was dying and the woman singing it was like an angel or a guardian angel or something.. specially when the baby is lying on the stone...

[myrapidheartbeat]

@demekliuz  Hello and thanks for the comment :) I have tried to do some research on this song and it's lyrics, unfortunately, I have not found a lot of information about it. I can easily understand how the lyrics could speak to you in the way that they do, I wish we knew for sure ;)

[SmapAttack]

@myrapidheartbeat

I'm pretty sure it's about the singer (she isn't the mother of the child) killing the baby. The real mother is probably a harlot b/c of her "red shoes" and she's probably going to make another child, "gonna need another loving baby". Also, I think the real lyrics are "your father's gone to stay" not "gonna stay". So, in other words, "he's staying gone" or "Your father's not coming back".

[More13Feen]

@SmapAttack My interpretation of the song is that the mother don't wont her child, shes gone to find a lovin Baby, a man! cuz nowone wone have the child, she,the singer, a fairy or something, taks it with her. for this, she have to kill it.

The song may be a storry of the old religion, and at first it wasent a negativ end. its just living in the other World.

during the cristianisation pan (3.pers.) turned in devil and the fairy become bad cuz she killed a child. i think thats more positiv :D

[SmapAttack]

@More13Feen

I didn't understand anything you wrote.

[More13Feen]

@SmapAttack haha :D I'm sorry.. perhaps it's too difficult for my english XD

what ever...

[nula07]

@More13Feen

It's a folk song, the origin is unclear. Please learn grammar, punctuation and spelling before you post; it's "the mother doesn't WANT". Then there is "cuz", and "nowone wone have", storry. Seriously, girl. You want to be treated as an adult, act, behave, present yourself as a grownup.

[More13Feen]

@nula07 Thx, i know my spelling is bad, but 1: English isn't my mother tongue, I'm swiss 2: I've got dyslexia (Don't know if its the right word) so my spelling is bad in every language. plus, that comment was quite old, my english should be better now! you got your opinion, I have mine, i don't bother! But it's not realy nice of you to say this "adult thing" when you don't even know me I just had my thoughts about the vidio and tryed to translate it in english, greetings from swizerland

[SmapAttack]

@myrapidheartbeat

Continuing on, the singer probably doesn't have the means to take care of the baby, she may also have children of her own, "don't need no other loving baby". She's probably poisoning the child by mixing poison in a drink with honey and sugar to make it taste good. "You and me and the devil makes three" is probably referencing the murder she's committing at the moment. Lastly, she's putting the "bones on alabaster" alabaster is used for tomb effigies. Kinda depressing, huh?

[myrapidheartbeat]

@SmapAttack Hello and thank you for your comments. Yes, very depressing, no denying that. I still need to do research on the 'Mermaid of Zennon' as suggested to me by another user, he says it will clear things up for me. I'll have to do that a.s.a.p. You could be completely right about the message of the song, you seem to be very good at picking the song apart and trying to figure it out ;)

What is hard for me to understand is the amount of people who really love this song and enjoy

[myrapidheartbeat]

@SmapAttack ........and the amount of people who enjoy singing it as a lullaby to their own children?.......Weird.

[swordsman1980]

@SmapAttack all the research i've done show the song is ment to be sung by death himself.

[SmapAttack]

@demekliuz

I think it's about the singer killing the baby, I wrote in the comment sections all the reasons why I think this.