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LULLABY by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "SLEEP, BABY, SLEEP! / DAD IS NOT NIGH"
Last Line: FOR BABY AT HOME

Sleep, baby, sleep!
Dad is not nigh,
Tossed on the deep,
Lul-lul-a-by!
Moon shining bright,
Dropping of dew,
Owls hoot all night,
To-whit! to-whoo!

Sleep, baby, sleep!
Dad is away,
Tossed on the deep,
Looking for day.
In the hedge-row
Glow-worms alight,
Rivulets flow
All through the night.

Sleep, baby, sleep!
Dad is afar,
Tossed on the deep,
Watching a star.
Clock going--tick,
Tack,--in the dark.
On the hearth--click!
Dies the last spark.

Sleep, baby, sleep!
What! not a wink.
Dad on the deep.
What will he think?
Baby dear, soon
Daddy will come,
Bringing red shoon
For baby at home.



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