Song Before Dawn
I.What troubles you, my little one?The dawn is far away.Why should you struggle to be freeWhen mother folds you tenderlyUntil the day?O sleep for now, my little one—The dawn is far away.II.You cannot rest, my precious one?The dawn is yet to be.A dream or two and day shall bringThe fleeting sunlight beckoningFrom sea to sea.O trust in mother, precious one—The dawn is yet to be.III.How peaceful now you dream, my own—The dawn is still afar.O would that I might shelter youThrough all the day to guard anewAt even star!O hush! Be brave, my frail heart—The dawn is still afar!WALTER EDWARDS HOUGHTON, JR.
I.What troubles you, my little one?The dawn is far away.Why should you struggle to be freeWhen mother folds you tenderlyUntil the day?O sleep for now, my little one—The dawn is far away.II.You cannot rest, my precious one?The dawn is yet to be.A dream or two and day shall bringThe fleeting sunlight beckoningFrom sea to sea.O trust in mother, precious one—The dawn is yet to be.III.How peaceful now you dream, my own—The dawn is still afar.O would that I might shelter youThrough all the day to guard anewAt even star!O hush! Be brave, my frail heart—The dawn is still afar!WALTER EDWARDS HOUGHTON, JR.
I.
I.
What troubles you, my little one?The dawn is far away.Why should you struggle to be freeWhen mother folds you tenderlyUntil the day?O sleep for now, my little one—The dawn is far away.
What troubles you, my little one?
The dawn is far away.
Why should you struggle to be free
When mother folds you tenderly
Until the day?
O sleep for now, my little one—
The dawn is far away.
II.
II.
You cannot rest, my precious one?The dawn is yet to be.A dream or two and day shall bringThe fleeting sunlight beckoningFrom sea to sea.O trust in mother, precious one—The dawn is yet to be.
You cannot rest, my precious one?
The dawn is yet to be.
A dream or two and day shall bring
The fleeting sunlight beckoning
From sea to sea.
O trust in mother, precious one—
The dawn is yet to be.
III.
III.
How peaceful now you dream, my own—The dawn is still afar.O would that I might shelter youThrough all the day to guard anewAt even star!O hush! Be brave, my frail heart—The dawn is still afar!
How peaceful now you dream, my own—
The dawn is still afar.
O would that I might shelter you
Through all the day to guard anew
At even star!
O hush! Be brave, my frail heart—
The dawn is still afar!
WALTER EDWARDS HOUGHTON, JR.
WALTER EDWARDS HOUGHTON, JR.