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"Came Out to Play," an [[Alliance Entertainment#Exodus lullabies |Exodus lullaby]] in [[Meridan]]:
"Came Out to Play," an [[Alliance Entertainment#Exodus lullabies |Exodus lullaby]] in [[Meridan]]:ref name="impetus">''[[Alysha's Fall (Fiction) |Alysha's Fall]]'', "Impetus"</ref>
 


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The children came out to play,
The children came out to play,
but we’d gone too far ahead.
but we’d gone too far ahead.
No satellites—no, no satellites
No satellites—no, no satellites
to help them tell you to come out, my little,
to help them tell you to come out, my little,
come out in the sunshine.
come out in the sunshine.
Didn’t we tell you, my little
Didn’t we tell you, my little
didn’t we tell you, my little
didn’t we tell you, my little
there’s no sunlight where we’ve gone.
there’s no sunlight where we’ve gone.
Only endless stars and suns,
Only endless stars and suns,
and maybe a place to stay at the end.
and maybe a place to stay at the end.
But the children that came out to play
But the children that came out to play
will be too old, too old.
will be too old, too old.
And our sunshine many hundreds,
And our sunshine many hundreds,
hundreds of years too young.
hundreds of years too young.
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Another unnamed [[Alliance Entertainment#Exodus lullabies |Exodus lullaby]]:ref name="bloodmoney">''[[Alysha's Fall (Fiction) |Alysha's Fall]]'', "Blood Money"</ref>


Another unnamed [[Alliance Entertainment#Exodus lullabies |Exodus lullaby]]:


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Will you come back again?
Will you come back again?
Will you come back again?
Will you come back again?
Not today, she said.
Not today, she said.
Not tomorrow, she said.
Not tomorrow, she said.
Not a thousand thousand days from ever.
Not a thousand thousand days from ever.
That was Holly’s whisper.
That was Holly’s whisper.
Holly’s whisper.
Holly’s whisper.


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Revision as of 17:18, 6 June 2020

I've jotted down at least three of these, one in Meredan that Alysha was translating in AF's first story, and two Eldritch (one in Heartskein, and one in Transcend). I figure I should have these in one place, but I'm not sure if they should be 'all language lullabies in one place' or 'every major species gets a lullaby page.' For now, they all fit on one?


Here's Heartskein's.

	Meaning’s the castle
	and Duty its fence
	Honor’s the beast that will carry you hence—
	And if you should be tempted by falsehood, then hie:
	go by, go by,
	go by, go by
	brave newest knight, go you by.

	Tireless your arm
	and peerless your aim
	and nothing without you can render you lame
	if only you keep true to your oaths and their Names:
	so go by, go by
	go by, go by,
	brave sweetest lady, go by.

"Came Out to Play," an Exodus lullaby in Meridan:ref name="impetus">Alysha's Fall, "Impetus"</ref>



	The children came out to play,
	but we’d gone too far ahead.
	No satellites—no, no satellites
	to help them tell you to come out, my little,
	come out in the sunshine.
	Didn’t we tell you, my little
	didn’t we tell you, my little
	there’s no sunlight where we’ve gone.
	Only endless stars and suns,
	and maybe a place to stay at the end.
	But the children that came out to play
	will be too old, too old.
	And our sunshine many hundreds,
	hundreds of years too young.

Another unnamed Exodus lullaby:ref name="bloodmoney">Alysha's Fall, "Blood Money"</ref>



	Will you come back again?
	Will you come back again?
	Not today, she said.
	Not tomorrow, she said.
	Not a thousand thousand days from ever.
	That was Holly’s whisper.
	Holly’s whisper.

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