Probably very different from Leslie Fish's settings is Eric Whitacre's setting of Seal Lullaby:
EDIT: I am an idiot. It's obviously a lullaby: given a modicum of serenity in the environment, it can put a number of targets to sleep, and they won't wake for $DURATION. The younger the subjects, the greater a number of them the song can handle. (That isn't phrased very well, but I think you get what I mean.)
Quote:Oh! Hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us,Not a clue what it might do as a power song, but damn if it isn't beautiful.
And black are the waters that sparkled so green.
The moon, o’er the combers, looks downward to find us,
At rest in the hollows that rustle between.
Where billow meets billow, then soft be thy pillow,
Oh weary wee flipperling, curl at thy ease!
The storm shall not wake thee, nor shark overtake thee,
Asleep in the arms of the slow swinging seas!
EDIT: I am an idiot. It's obviously a lullaby: given a modicum of serenity in the environment, it can put a number of targets to sleep, and they won't wake for $DURATION. The younger the subjects, the greater a number of them the song can handle. (That isn't phrased very well, but I think you get what I mean.)