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SPANISH FOLK LULLABY by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "ISABELLITA, DO NOT PINE"
Last Line: SO AS NOT TO SEE THEE WEEP

Isabellita, do not pine
Because the flowers fade away;
If flowers hasten to decay
Weep not, Isabellita mine.

Little one, now close thine eves.
Hark, the footsteps of the Moor!
And she asks from door to door,
Who may be the child who cries?

When I was as small as thou
And within my cradle lying,
Angels came about me flying
And they kissed me on my brow.

Sleep, then, little baby, sleep:
Sleep, nor cry again to-night,
Lest the angels take to flight
So as not to see thee weep.




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