They saw me at last, and they chased me with cries, Robert Louis Stevenson MINNIE AND WINNIE Minnie and Winnie slept in a shell. Pink was the shell within, silver without; Sleep, little ladies! Wake not soon! Two bright stars peeped into the shell. "What are they dreaming of? Who can tell?" Started a green linnet out of the croft; Alfred Tennyson "WHAT DOES LITTLE BIRDIE SAY?" What does little birdie say What does little baby say, Baby says, like little birdie, Alfred Tennyson HUSH-A-BYES Hush-a-bye, baby, on the tree-top, When the wind blows, the cradle will rock, Bye, baby bunting, daddy's gone a-hunting Rock-a-bye, baby, thy cradle is green; Father's a nobleman, mother's a Queen, TROT, TROT! Every evening Baby goes Trot, trot, to town, Across the river, through the fields Up hill and down. Trot, trot, the Baby goes, Up hill and down, To buy a feather for her hat, To buy a woolen gown. Trot, trot, the Baby goes; The birds fly down, alack! "You cannot have our feathers, dear," They say, "so please trot back.” Trot, trot, the Baby goes; The lambs come bleating near. "You cannot have our wool," they say, "But we are sorry, dear." Trot, trot, the Baby goes, Trot, trot, to town; She buys a red rose for her hat, She buys a cotton gown. Mary F. Butts BED-TIME SONG Sleep, my baby, while I sing Sleep, my baby, while I sing Baby now must go to sleep. Sleep, my baby, while I sing Emilie Poulsson GOOD-NIGHT Little baby, lay your head Yes, my darling, well I know For the window shutteth fast, Jane Taylor CRADLE SONG Sleep, sleep, beauty bright, Dreaming in the joys of night; Sweet babe, in thy face As thy softest limbs I feel, O the cunning wiles that creep Then the dreadful night shall break. William Blake LULLABY Sweet and low, sweet and low, Wind of the western sea, Over the rolling waters go, Come from the dying moon, and blow, Blow him again to me; While my little one, while my pretty one, sleeps. Sleep and rest, sleep and rest, Father will come to thee soon; Rest, rest, on mother's breast, Father will come to thee soon; |