  I'd rock my own sweet childie to rest In a cradle of gold on the bough of the willow, To the shoheen ho! of the Wind of the West And the lulla lo! of the blue sea billow. Sleep, baby dear! Sleep without fear! Mother is here beside your pillow. I'd put my own sweet childie to float In a silver boat on the beautiful river, Where a shoheen! whisper the white cascades And a lulla lo! the green flags shiver. Sleep, baby dear! Sleep without fear! Mother is here with you for ever! Shoheen ho! to the rise and fall Of mother's bosom, 'tis sleep has bound you! And oh, my child, what cosier nest For rosier rest could love have found you? Sleep, baby dear! Sleep without fear! Mother's two arms are close around you! Alfred Perceval Graves. |
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