Full Lyrics
Sleep, my pretty one,
Sleep, my little one,
Rose in the garden is blooming so Red;
Over the flowers the fleetfooted hours
Dance into dreamland, to melody wed;
To the voice in the stream—And like to a song in a dream,
Sung low by the brook to its stonecovered bed,
Sung soft as it goes,
And the heart of the rose
Gives a tremulous leap
As the melody flows.
Ah! little one, sleep,
Sleep.
Joy, my pretty one,
Joy, my little one,
Fairies of night from their bright jeweled cars
Fling a faint sheen, and shimmer on ripples, where glimmer
The upgazing eyes of the downgazing stars;
And the boat, while it glides, sings the song of the tides
As they kiss into languor the sands of the bars.
Oh, river, flow fleet,
Ere the melody meet
The sea’s breath to destroy
What the echoes repeat:
Oh, joy, my little one, joy,
Joy!
From Marie del Carmen
