Schlafe, liebe Kleine,
Jetzund schlägt es neune,
Jetzund ist die Schlummerzeit
Für die Kleinen weit und breit;
[Eia Poleia,]1
Alle Leute sagen:
Fahr mein Kind im Wagen,
Fahr es in den Wald hinein,
Wo die schönen Vögel sein,
Eia Poleia.

G. Jenner sets lines 1-5

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Confirmed with Aus der Kinderstube: Niedersächsisches Kinderbuch, number 58 in Section III Wiegenlieder und Schlaflieder.

¹ Jenner has a variant of the German nonsense syllables: "Eia popeia, eia popei."

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• by Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Wiegenlied", op. 6 no. 9, published 1900 [voice and piano], from Neun Kinderlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 9, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel.
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Sleep, dear little one,
Nine o'clock is tolling,
For the little ones far and wide
It is now time to slumber;
[Eia Poleia,]1
All the folks are saying:
Give my child a ride in the wagon,
A ride into the forest,
Where the beautiful birds are,
Eia Poleia.