Mother and Child (song cycle)

Mother and Child is a song cycle for soprano and piano composed in 1918 by John Ireland (1879–1962). It consists of settings of eight poems by Christina Rossetti (1830–94), from her collection Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book (1872, 1893).

A typical performance takes about 10 minutes. The songs are:


 * 1) "Newborn"
 * 2) "The Only child"
 * 3) "Hope"
 * 4) "Skylark and Nightingale"
 * 5) "The Blind Boy"
 * 6) "Baby"
 * 7) "Death Parting"
 * 8) "The Garland"