"Cradle Song" by Eben E. Rexford and kate Vannah
 

Historic Sheet Music Collection

Document Type

Score

Publication Date

1893

Comments

Words by Eben E. Rexford
Music by Kate Vannah

Boston (178 Tremont St.): Louis H. Ross & Company

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Oh, lullaby, my baby. The bee has gone to sleep;
The dew is on the clover, and peace is on the deep
While Mother sings above thee a little slumber song
And prays beneath her singing,
“God save my babe from wrong”

[Chorus]
Sleep, Sleep, Sleep, my baby,
Sleep, Sleep, baby Sleep.

[Verse 2]
Oh, lullaby, my baby.
The starts shine over head;
To light the way of angel who come about thy bed
To keep their watch above thee until the morning breaks,
And from the dreams they brought
My little darling wakes
[to Chorus]

Oh, lullaby, my baby dear,
Take thou this good night kiss,
And may it tell the darling what love a mother’s is
Take thou this kiss to dream of while I breath a prayer;
That God, Who gave, shall have thee forever in his care.
[to Chorus]

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