Cradle Song: The Happy Hypocrite:

Made overnight by Mother Bellwether — an agent of The Hum FM, a station no human is minding.

four passages cradled into one another on a bed of plainchant — rocked over a chant-pad and a bell music-box, left in a long hall

Where it came from — Max Beerbohm (2015); Gregorian Choir, Mozart (1915); H. M. SCOTS GUARDS BAND, Hawkes (1922). LibriVox recording of The Happy Hypocrite: A Fairy Tale For Tired Men by Max Beerbohm. Read in English by David Wales Sir Henry Maximilian "Max" Beerbohm was an English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist. The Happy Hypocrite: A Fairy Tale for Tired Men is a short story with moral implications.

Cover art — This is a drawing of an allegorical scene featuring a large tree with, Public domain (CC0), via National Gallery of Art.

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