Sleep, baby, sleep! Thy father is tending the sheep, Thy mother is shaking the dream-land tree, And down drops a little dream for thee. Sleep, baby, sleep! Sleep, baby, sleep! The large stars are the sheep; The little stars are the lambs. I guess. And the bright moon is the shepherdess. Sleep, baby, sleep! Sleep, baby, sleep! The Saviour loves His sheep. He is the Lamb of God on high, Who for our sakes came down to die. Sleep, baby, sleep! Sleep, baby, sleep! And cry not like a sheep, Else the sheep-dog will bark and whine And bite this naughty child of mine. Sleep, baby, sleep! Sleep, baby, sleep! Away to tend the sheep, Away, thou sheep-dog fierce and wild And do not harm my sleeping child! Sleep, baby, sleep! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONG OF THE WAVE by ROBERT FROST HIGH PLAINS RAG by JAMES GALVIN BROTHERHOOD by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON HOPE (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |