Oh! Harry Boy and Johnny Boy,And little Libbety,They were three happy childrenAs ever you did see:One day there came another child;Oh! he was sweet and small!And round his cradle quickly cameThe other children all.“Oh! what’s the news from Angel Land,Baby, Baby?We think we still might understand,Maybe, maybe!Daddies and Mammies long agoForgot the things the babies know;We hardly think we could forget,And yet—and yet!”
Oh! Harry Boy and Johnny Boy,And little Libbety,They were three happy childrenAs ever you did see:One day there came another child;Oh! he was sweet and small!And round his cradle quickly cameThe other children all.“Oh! what’s the news from Angel Land,Baby, Baby?We think we still might understand,Maybe, maybe!Daddies and Mammies long agoForgot the things the babies know;We hardly think we could forget,And yet—and yet!”
Oh! Harry Boy and Johnny Boy,And little Libbety,They were three happy childrenAs ever you did see:One day there came another child;Oh! he was sweet and small!And round his cradle quickly cameThe other children all.
Oh! Harry Boy and Johnny Boy,
And little Libbety,
They were three happy children
As ever you did see:
One day there came another child;
Oh! he was sweet and small!
And round his cradle quickly came
The other children all.
“Oh! what’s the news from Angel Land,Baby, Baby?We think we still might understand,Maybe, maybe!Daddies and Mammies long agoForgot the things the babies know;We hardly think we could forget,And yet—and yet!”
“Oh! what’s the news from Angel Land,
Baby, Baby?
We think we still might understand,
Maybe, maybe!
Daddies and Mammies long ago
Forgot the things the babies know;
We hardly think we could forget,
And yet—and yet!”
children looking at baby in cradle
Now Harry’s eyes were diamond dark,And John’s were starry blue,And little Libbety was likeA rosebud dipped in dew.They stood around the cradle white,With rosy ribbons tied,They looked into the baby’s faceAnd earnestly they cried:“Oh! what’s the news from Angel Land,Baby, Baby?We think we still might understand,Maybe, maybe!Daddies and Mammies long agoForgot the things the babies know;We hardly think we could forget,And yet—and yet!”The baby gravely met the lookOf brown eyes and of blue:And gravely opened his baby mouth,And gravely said, “A-Goo!”Harry and Johnny shook their heads:“That word’s too deep for me!”“I think I used to know it, though!”Said little Libbety.“But what’s the news from Angel Land,Baby, Baby?We think we still might understand,Maybe, maybe!Daddies and Mammies long agoForgot the things the babies know;We hardly think we could forget,And yet—and yet!”The baby said “A-Goo!” againWith meaning calm and deep:And then he said, “Ba-be, ba-ba!”And then he went to sleep.The children sighed and turned away:But none of all the threeGuessed, neither John nor Harry Boy,Nor little Libbety,He had toldthe news from Angel Land,Baby, baby,He thought that theymightunderstand,Maybe, maybe.Daddies and Mammies long agoForgot the things the babies know:The childrenoughtnot to forget,And yet—and yet!
Now Harry’s eyes were diamond dark,And John’s were starry blue,And little Libbety was likeA rosebud dipped in dew.They stood around the cradle white,With rosy ribbons tied,They looked into the baby’s faceAnd earnestly they cried:“Oh! what’s the news from Angel Land,Baby, Baby?We think we still might understand,Maybe, maybe!Daddies and Mammies long agoForgot the things the babies know;We hardly think we could forget,And yet—and yet!”The baby gravely met the lookOf brown eyes and of blue:And gravely opened his baby mouth,And gravely said, “A-Goo!”Harry and Johnny shook their heads:“That word’s too deep for me!”“I think I used to know it, though!”Said little Libbety.“But what’s the news from Angel Land,Baby, Baby?We think we still might understand,Maybe, maybe!Daddies and Mammies long agoForgot the things the babies know;We hardly think we could forget,And yet—and yet!”The baby said “A-Goo!” againWith meaning calm and deep:And then he said, “Ba-be, ba-ba!”And then he went to sleep.The children sighed and turned away:But none of all the threeGuessed, neither John nor Harry Boy,Nor little Libbety,He had toldthe news from Angel Land,Baby, baby,He thought that theymightunderstand,Maybe, maybe.Daddies and Mammies long agoForgot the things the babies know:The childrenoughtnot to forget,And yet—and yet!
Now Harry’s eyes were diamond dark,And John’s were starry blue,And little Libbety was likeA rosebud dipped in dew.They stood around the cradle white,With rosy ribbons tied,They looked into the baby’s faceAnd earnestly they cried:
Now Harry’s eyes were diamond dark,
And John’s were starry blue,
And little Libbety was like
A rosebud dipped in dew.
They stood around the cradle white,
With rosy ribbons tied,
They looked into the baby’s face
And earnestly they cried:
“Oh! what’s the news from Angel Land,Baby, Baby?We think we still might understand,Maybe, maybe!Daddies and Mammies long agoForgot the things the babies know;We hardly think we could forget,And yet—and yet!”
“Oh! what’s the news from Angel Land,
Baby, Baby?
We think we still might understand,
Maybe, maybe!
Daddies and Mammies long ago
Forgot the things the babies know;
We hardly think we could forget,
And yet—and yet!”
The baby gravely met the lookOf brown eyes and of blue:And gravely opened his baby mouth,And gravely said, “A-Goo!”Harry and Johnny shook their heads:“That word’s too deep for me!”“I think I used to know it, though!”Said little Libbety.
The baby gravely met the look
Of brown eyes and of blue:
And gravely opened his baby mouth,
And gravely said, “A-Goo!”
Harry and Johnny shook their heads:
“That word’s too deep for me!”
“I think I used to know it, though!”
Said little Libbety.
“But what’s the news from Angel Land,Baby, Baby?We think we still might understand,Maybe, maybe!Daddies and Mammies long agoForgot the things the babies know;We hardly think we could forget,And yet—and yet!”
“But what’s the news from Angel Land,
Baby, Baby?
We think we still might understand,
Maybe, maybe!
Daddies and Mammies long ago
Forgot the things the babies know;
We hardly think we could forget,
And yet—and yet!”
The baby said “A-Goo!” againWith meaning calm and deep:And then he said, “Ba-be, ba-ba!”And then he went to sleep.The children sighed and turned away:But none of all the threeGuessed, neither John nor Harry Boy,Nor little Libbety,
The baby said “A-Goo!” again
With meaning calm and deep:
And then he said, “Ba-be, ba-ba!”
And then he went to sleep.
The children sighed and turned away:
But none of all the three
Guessed, neither John nor Harry Boy,
Nor little Libbety,
He had toldthe news from Angel Land,Baby, baby,He thought that theymightunderstand,Maybe, maybe.Daddies and Mammies long agoForgot the things the babies know:The childrenoughtnot to forget,And yet—and yet!
He had toldthe news from Angel Land,
Baby, baby,
He thought that theymightunderstand,
Maybe, maybe.
Daddies and Mammies long ago
Forgot the things the babies know:
The childrenoughtnot to forget,
And yet—and yet!