Full Lyrics
Sleep, baby, sleep!
Thy father watches the sheep:
Thy mother is shaking the dreamland tree,
And down falls a little dream on thee;
Sleep, baby, sleep!
Sleep, baby, sleep!
The large stars are the sheep;
The little stars are the lambs, I guess,
The fair moon is the shepherdess;
Sleep, baby, sleep!
Sleep, baby, sleep!
And cry not like a sheep;
Else will the sheepdog bark and whine,
And bite this naughty child of mine;
Sleep, baby, sleep!
Sleep, baby, sleep!
Away! and tend the sheep—
Away, thou black dog, fierce and wild,
And do not wake my little child!
Sleep, baby, sleep!
