By-by, lullaby, by-by, lullaby, Rocked I my child; By-by, by-by, by-by, lullaby, Rocked I my child. In a dream late as I lay, Methought I heard a maiden say And speak these words [so] mild: "My little son, with Thee I play, And come," she sang, "by, lullaby." Thus rocked she her child. By-by, lullaby, by-by, lullaby, Rocked I my child; By-by. Then marvelled I right sore of this: A maid to have a child ywis. "By-by, lullaby." Thus rocked she her child. By-by, lullaby, by-by, lullaby, Rocked I my child; By-by, by-by, by-by, lullaby, Rocked I my child. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOMESDAY BOOK: WIDOW FORTELKA by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE WINDING BANKS OF ERNE; OR, THE EMIGRANT'S ADIEU TO HIS BIRTHPLACE by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM THE PHILOSOPHER by EMILY JANE BRONTE ASTRONOMY by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN THE THREE ENEMIES by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |