From the mid-16th century they begin to be recorded in English plays. From the later Middle Ages there are records of short children's rhyming songs, often as marginalia. Ī French poem, similar to "Thirty days hath September", numbering the days of the month, was recorded in the 13th century. " Three Blinde Mice" (1609), published by Thomas Ravenscroft. For example, a well known lullaby such as " Rock-a-bye, baby on a tree top", cannot be found in records until the late-18th century when it was printed by John Newbery (c. 1765). However, most of those used today date from the 17th century. Many medieval English verses associated with the birth of Jesus take the form of a lullaby, including "Lullay, my liking, my dere son, my sweting" and may be versions of contemporary lullabies. The Roman nurses' lullaby, "Lalla, Lalla, Lalla, aut dormi, aut lacta", is recorded in a scholium on Persius and may be the oldest to survive. Until the modern era lullabies were usually recorded only incidentally in written sources. The English term lullaby is thought to come from "lu, lu" or "la la" sounds made by mothers or nurses to calm children, and "by by" or "bye bye", either another lulling sound or a term for good night. Lullabies can be found in every human culture. The oldest children's songs of which we have records are lullabies, intended to help a child fall asleep.
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