SLEEPY MAN
WHEN the Sleepy Man comes with dust in his eyes(Oh, weary, my Dearie, so weary!)He shuts up the earth, and he opens the skies.(So hush-a-by, weary, my Dearie!)He smiles through his fingers, and shuts up the sun;(Oh, weary, my Dearie, so weary!)The stars that he loves he lets out one by one.(So hush-a-by, weary, my Dearie!)He comes from the castles of Drowsy-boy Town;(Oh, weary, my Dearie, so weary!)At the touch of his hand the tired eyelids fall down.(So hush-a-by, weary, my Dearie!)He comes with a murmur of dreams in his wings(Oh, weary, my Dearie, so weary!)And whispers of mermaids and wonderful things.(So hush-a-by, weary, my Dearie!)When the top is a burden, the bugle a bane,(Oh, weary, my Dearie, so weary!)When one would be faring down Dream-a-way Lane,(So hush-a-by, weary, my Dearie!)When one would be wending in Lullaby Wherry(Oh, weary, my Dearie, so weary!)To Sleepy Man's Castle by Comforting Ferry.(So hush-a-by, weary, my Dearie!)
WHEN the Sleepy Man comes with dust in his eyes(Oh, weary, my Dearie, so weary!)He shuts up the earth, and he opens the skies.(So hush-a-by, weary, my Dearie!)He smiles through his fingers, and shuts up the sun;(Oh, weary, my Dearie, so weary!)The stars that he loves he lets out one by one.(So hush-a-by, weary, my Dearie!)He comes from the castles of Drowsy-boy Town;(Oh, weary, my Dearie, so weary!)At the touch of his hand the tired eyelids fall down.(So hush-a-by, weary, my Dearie!)He comes with a murmur of dreams in his wings(Oh, weary, my Dearie, so weary!)And whispers of mermaids and wonderful things.(So hush-a-by, weary, my Dearie!)When the top is a burden, the bugle a bane,(Oh, weary, my Dearie, so weary!)When one would be faring down Dream-a-way Lane,(So hush-a-by, weary, my Dearie!)When one would be wending in Lullaby Wherry(Oh, weary, my Dearie, so weary!)To Sleepy Man's Castle by Comforting Ferry.(So hush-a-by, weary, my Dearie!)
WHEN the Sleepy Man comes with dust in his eyes(Oh, weary, my Dearie, so weary!)He shuts up the earth, and he opens the skies.(So hush-a-by, weary, my Dearie!)
WHEN the Sleepy Man comes with dust in his eyes
(Oh, weary, my Dearie, so weary!)
He shuts up the earth, and he opens the skies.
(So hush-a-by, weary, my Dearie!)
He smiles through his fingers, and shuts up the sun;(Oh, weary, my Dearie, so weary!)The stars that he loves he lets out one by one.(So hush-a-by, weary, my Dearie!)
He smiles through his fingers, and shuts up the sun;
(Oh, weary, my Dearie, so weary!)
The stars that he loves he lets out one by one.
(So hush-a-by, weary, my Dearie!)
He comes from the castles of Drowsy-boy Town;(Oh, weary, my Dearie, so weary!)At the touch of his hand the tired eyelids fall down.(So hush-a-by, weary, my Dearie!)
He comes from the castles of Drowsy-boy Town;
(Oh, weary, my Dearie, so weary!)
At the touch of his hand the tired eyelids fall down.
(So hush-a-by, weary, my Dearie!)
He comes with a murmur of dreams in his wings(Oh, weary, my Dearie, so weary!)And whispers of mermaids and wonderful things.(So hush-a-by, weary, my Dearie!)
He comes with a murmur of dreams in his wings
(Oh, weary, my Dearie, so weary!)
And whispers of mermaids and wonderful things.
(So hush-a-by, weary, my Dearie!)
When the top is a burden, the bugle a bane,(Oh, weary, my Dearie, so weary!)When one would be faring down Dream-a-way Lane,(So hush-a-by, weary, my Dearie!)
When the top is a burden, the bugle a bane,
(Oh, weary, my Dearie, so weary!)
When one would be faring down Dream-a-way Lane,
(So hush-a-by, weary, my Dearie!)
When one would be wending in Lullaby Wherry(Oh, weary, my Dearie, so weary!)To Sleepy Man's Castle by Comforting Ferry.(So hush-a-by, weary, my Dearie!)
When one would be wending in Lullaby Wherry
(Oh, weary, my Dearie, so weary!)
To Sleepy Man's Castle by Comforting Ferry.
(So hush-a-by, weary, my Dearie!)