Ach, śpij kochanie () is a popular Polish

lullaby A lullaby (), or a cradle song, is a soothing song or piece of music that is usually played for (or sung to) children (for adults see music and sleep). The purposes of lullabies vary. In some societies, they are used to pass down cultural knowl ...

. It was written in 1938 by Henryk Wars and

Ludwik Starski Ludwik Starski (born Ludwik Kałuszyner, 1 March 1903 in Łódź – died 29 February 1984 in Warsaw) was a Polish Jewish lyricist, sound engineer and screenwriter of the twentieth century. He was the father of the set designer Allan Starski, w ...

. The song was first performed in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

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and Eugeniusz Bodo in the 1938 movie ''Paweł i Gaweł''.

External links

Anna Maria Jopek - "Ach, śpij kochanie" Lyrics
retrieved on September 12, 2007. * * *''Spotify'

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