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THE DEATH LULLABY by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "SLEEP, BABY, SLEEP!"
Last Line: IN DREAMLESS SLEEP
Subject(s): DEATH - CHILDREN; DEATH - BABIES;
Sleep, baby, sleep!
Once more upon my breast
Thine aching head shall rest,
In quiet sleep.
Sleep, baby, sleep!
Sweetly thine eye is closing,
Calmly thou'rt now reposing,
In slumber deep.
Sleep, angel baby, sleep!
Not in thy cradle bed
Shall rest thy little head,
But with the quiet dead,
In dreamless sleep.



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