by Padraic Colum (1881 - 1972)

Language: English 
O men from the fields,
  Come gently within,
Tread softly, softly,
  O men, coming in...

For Mavourneen is going
  From me and from you
Where Mary will fold him
  With mantle of blue,

From reek of the smoke
  And cold of the floor
And peering of things
  Across the half-door.

O men from the fields,
  Softly, softly come through;
Mary puts round him 
  Her mantle of blue.

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Composition:

    Set to music by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "A cradle song", 1941, copyright © 1946 [ soprano or tenor and piano ]

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Word count: 67