They are fluttering and fluttering, like birds upon the tree-- Baby bye! Baby bye! Then shut them tight, my precious, one for you and one for me-- Bye oh! Baby bye! Away down in the sheepfold all the lambkins are at rest-- The little chickabiddies in their feathers soft are pressed-- And good old Mammy Nature holds them all upon her breast!-- Bye oh! Baby bye! Um! Um! Um! Um! Bye oh! Baby bye! We say we're men and women at the early dawn of day-- Baby bye! Baby bye! But the sunset finds us children, with tears to wipe away-- Bye oh! Baby bye! No shame to us that stumbled, if we tried to do our part-- No blame to us for falling, if we made an honest start!-- Then take it all to mammy!--lay it all upon her heart-- Bye oh! Baby bye! Um! Um! Um! Um! Bye oh! Baby bye! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID, OR THE RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUS by ROBERT BURNS DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI: 3. FULL MOON by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER EFFICIENCY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS THE ROSE I GREW by JULIA S. ANDERSON THE WASHER WOMAN'S SONG by WILLIAM BLAKE LOVE IS BEST by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE SHEPHERD'S SONG: A CAROL OR HYMN FOR CHRISTMAS by EDMUND BOLTON |