Golden slumbers kiss your eyes, Smiles awake you when you rise: Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry, And I will sing a lullaby, Rock them, rock them, lullaby. Care is heavy, therefore sleep you; You are care and care must keep you: Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry, And I will sing a lullaby: Rock them, rock them, lullaby.
Three English Songs
by Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, Baron Berners (1883 - 1950)
1. Lullaby
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Dekker (c1572 - 1632), "The song", appears in The Pleasant Comoedy of Patient Grissill, first published 1603
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]2. The Lady Visitor in the Pauper Ward  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Why do you break upon this old, cool peace, This painted peace of ours, With harsh dress hissing like a flock of geese, With garish flowers? Why do you churn smooth waters rough again, Selfish old skin-and-bone? Leave us to quiet dreaming and slow pain, Leave us alone.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Graves (1895 - 1985), "The Lady Visitor in the Pauper Ward", appears in Goliath and David, first published 1916
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]3. The green‑eyed monster
Language: English
James gave Elizabeth a Dodo, He only offered one to me - A lovely lemon-coloured Dodo, With the greenest eyes that you could wish to see. Now it isn't that I'm doubting if James loves me, I know that he would ask me out to tea, But he did give Elizabeth a Dodo While he only offered one to me.
Text Authorship:
- by E. L. Duff
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