Go to Sleep, My Dusky Baby

To mark the release of our collection of hits from 1916, called 1916: "The Country Found Them Ready," here is a cute oddity from that year. It is the familiar tune of Dvorak's "Humoresque," with lullaby lyrics sung by the trio of Kline, Baker, and Dunlap, three of the best known female singers of the 1910s. These three women were comfortable singing both serious and popular numbers.

The arranger of this piece is Frank R. Rix, a music educator who wrote A Manual of School Music in Elementary Grades for Supervisors and Teachers (1909) and Voice Training for School Children (1910).