Close your weary eyes, my dearie, While the birds in yonder tree And the brook in yonder meadow Sing their lullaby to thee. Fairies now their night watch keeping, Sending each a sweetest dream; Sing low, Far away to Slumberland. Bluebells in the lanes so shady, Ringing out the curfew long; Sweet daffodil and primrose Fold their petals with the song. Ev'ry flow'r is gently nodding As the shade of ev'ning falls; For the sun has gone to slumber Till bright day calls. Close your weary eyes, my dearie, Lullabies we softly hum; Sing low, Far away in Slumberland
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Text Authorship:
- by Wallace Evans ( flourished 1907 ) [author's text not yet checked 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 Mary Helen Brown , "Night Song", published 1907 [ voice and piano ], Boston : The B.F. Wood Music Co [sung text not yet checked]
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