Sleep, li'l chillun--daddy gone ter fight, But mammy's dar, a-watchin'--watchin' thoo' de night. Col' win' a-creepin' whar de shadders stay, Done blowed de stars out, an' can't fin' his way! Singin' you ter sleep, Sweetes' watch ter keep, Mammy is a-singin'-- Singin' you ter sleep. Fightin' time fer daddy what love you good and true. Watch time fer mammy, an' dream time fer you! Li'l stars ter sleep, too, till come de shiny beam An' "Sweetes' Mammy" singin'--singin' in yo' dream! Singin' in yo' dream Till de shiny beam Wake you fun dreamin'-- Singin' in yo' dream. Sleep, li'l chillun, gone ter happy lan'-- Li'l sister sweetheart, an' li'l sojer man! War time's yo' playtime all de shiny day, Den dream de war away, chillun--dream de war away! Dream de war away Till Mawnin' wake de Day; Dream de war away, chillun-- Dream de war away! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE PROPOSAL TO ERECT A MONUMENT IN ENGLAND TO LORD BYRON by EMMA LAZARUS WILLOW POEM by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS FREEDOM by RALPH WALDO EMERSON SONGS OF TRAVEL: 2. YOUTH AND LOVE: 1 by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON ON MR. CRUIKSHANK OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, EDINBURGH by ROBERT BURNS |