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A SLEEP SONG by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "DEIRIN DE, DEIRIN DE"
Last Line: IF HE SLEEP SOFTLY TILL THE RING OF DAY

Deirin de, Deirin de!
The brown bittern speaks in the bog;
Deirin de, Deirin de!
The night-jar is abroad on the heath.

Deirin de, Deirin de!
Kine will go west at dawn of day;
Deirin de, Deirin de!
And my child will go to the pasture to mind them.

Deirin de, Deirin de!
Moon will rise and sun will set;
Deirin de, Deirin de!
Kine will come east at end of day.

Deiring de, Deirin de!
I will let my child go gathering blackberries,
Deirin de, Deirin de!
If he sleep softly till the ring of day!



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