WHIPP'WILL'S singin' to de moon, -- Go sleep, ma honey, m--m. He sing a pow'ful mo'nful tune, Go sleep, ma honey, m--m. De day bird 's sleepin' on his nes', He know it time to take a res', An' he gwine ter do his lebel bes', -- Go sleep, ma honey, m--m. Old banjo's laid away, -- Go sleep, ma honey, m--m. Its pickin's froo for to-day, -- Go sleep, ma honey, m--m. De night time surely come to pass, De cricket's chirpin' in de grass, An' de ole mule 's gone to sleep at las', -- Go sleep, ma honey, m--m. I hear de night win' in de corn, -- Go sleep, ma honey, m--m. Dey's a ghos' out dah, sure's yo born, -- Go sleep, ma honey, m--m. But he dassent come where we keep a light, An' de candle's burnin' all de night, So sink to res', des be all right, -- Go sleep ma honey m--m. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET TO THE AUTUMNAL MOON by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE LEONARDO'S 'MONNA LISA' by EDWARD DOWDEN PASSION AND LOVE by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE RIGHT MUST WIN by FREDERICK WILLIAM FABER AFTER THE LAST BREATH (J.H. 1813-1904) by THOMAS HARDY |