Watson's Lullaby

Album: Parade (1998)
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  • "Watson's Lullaby" or simply "Lullaby" is a very short song from the 1998 musical Parade, which is based on the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan and the resulting trial, conviction and eventual lynching of factory manager Leo Frank for her murder. It is a dedication to the victim, bidding her to sleep with the angels. Like the rest of the score, "Lullaby" was written by Jason Robert Brown. The song is performed in Act I by Tom Watson.

    Thomas Edward Watson (1856-1922) was a Populist politician who would eventually serve as Senator for Georgia, from March 1921 until his death in September the following year.

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