SLEEP, BABY, SLEEP 21 FROM THE GERMAN Sleep, Baby, Sleep Sleep, baby, sleep! Thy father is watching the sheep! Thy mother is shaking the dreamland tree, And down drops a little dream for thee. Sleep, baby, sleep! Sleep, baby, sleep! The great stars are the sheep, The little stars are the lambs, I guess, Sleep, baby, sleep! Thy father is watching the sheep! Thy mother is shaking the dreamland tree, And down drops a little dream for thee. 5 10 15 10 5 REGINALD HEBER ENGLAND, 1783-1826 Evening Hymn God that madest Earth and Heaven, Who the day for toil hast given, May Thine Angel guards defend us, Far flies the light; But still God's love Shall flame above, Making all bright. Good night! Good night! FIRST YEAR-SECOND HALF EDWARD LEAR ENGLAND, 1812-1888 Nonsense Alphabet A was an ant Who seldom stood still, In the side of a hill. Nice little ant! B was a bat, Who slept all the day, When the sun went away. Brown little bat! C was a camel; You rode on his hump; And if you fell off, You came down such a bump! What a high camel! 5 10 15 D was a duck With spots on his back, And always said "Quack!" E was an elephant, He had tusks and a trunk, F was a fish Who was caught in a net; G was a goat Who was spotted with brown: He walked up and down. Good little goat! NONSENSE ALPHABET H was a hat Which was all on one side; Oh, what a hat! I was some ice So white and so nice, But which nobody tasted; J was a jug, So pretty and white, With fresh water in it At morning and night. K was a kite Which flew out of sight, Above houses so high, Quite into the sky. Fly away, kite! 25 5 10 15 20 |