croon

“Scarlet Town,” a dark and hypnotic ballad, depicts a red-light district of the soul, with a hushed and craggy croon.

He called him the "Croon Prince" because the black crosses painted on his wings were of a more elaborate design than was usual.

Was there ever a mother who did not croon to her fretful child, and who did not rock her babe to sleep with rhythmic lullaby?

The music was quite lost here, and Persis hummed the tune herself; seemed to croon it into his very heart.

A quaint recitative of his own, which he generally contrived to vary each night, was the song, a loving croon of sleep and rest.

She continued to croon softly the lullaby which had belonged to her own babies: "Hushaby, sweet, my own—"