SLEEPY MAN

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!)


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