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DOLL'S CRADLE-SONG by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "SLEEP, DOLLY, SLEEP"
Last Line: "SLEEP, MY DOLLY, SLEEP!"
Subject(s): DOLLS;TOYS;
Sleep, Dolly, sleep,
Softly repose,
Sleep, Dolly, sleep,
Your little eyelids close.
While in school I am sighing,
You in bed are lying;
And have all the day
Time enough for play.

Sleep, Dolly, sleep,
Softly repose,
Sleep, Dolly, sleep,
Your little eyelids close.
Hush, my pretty, go to sleep!
While I sing you of the sheep,
And the lamb that went to wander
With the goose and giddy goody gander.
Sleep, my Dolly, sleep!



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