Versos English Alfred Perceval Graves Irish Lullaby

English poem

Irish Lullaby

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I'd rock my own sweet childie to rest in a cradle of gold on a bough of de willow, to the shoheen ho of the wind of the west and the lulla lo of the soft sea billow.

Sleep, baby dear. Sleep, without fear. Mother is here beside your pillow.

Sleep, baby dear. Sleep, without fear. Mother is here beside your pillow.

I'd put my own sweet childie to sleep in a silver boat on the beautiful river, where a shoheen ho whisper the white cascades, and a lulla lo the green flags shiver.

Sleep, baby dear. Sleep, without fear. Mother is here with you for ever.

Sleep, baby dear. Sleep, without fear. Mother is here with you for ever.