by Josephine Dodge Daskam (1876 - 1961)
As soon as the fire burns red and low
Language: English
As soon as the fire burns red and low, And the house up-stairs is still, She sings me a queer little sleepy song, Of sheep that go over the hill. The good little sheep run quick and soft, Their colors are gray and white; They follow their leader nose to tail, For they must be home by night. And one slips over and one comes next, And one runs after behind, The gray one's nose at the white one's tail, The top of the hill they find. And when they get to the top of the hill, They quietly slip away; But one runs over and one comes next -- Their colors are white and gray. And over they go, and over they go, And over the top of the hill, The good little sheep run quick and soft, And the house up-stairs is still. And one slips over and one comes next, The good little, gray little sheep! I watch how the fire burns red and low, And she says that I fall asleep.
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Authorship:
- by Josephine Dodge Daskam (1876 - 1961), "The Sleepy Song", first published <<1903 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Mabel Nightingale Woodward (1876 - 1911), "A Sleepy Song", published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Songs, no. 1, Birmingham : Press of the Birmingham Printers [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2024-01-07
Line count: 24
Word count: 174