Sleep Child Sleep

Sleep child sleep The night is dark and deep Beyond the lines are the mines Where soldiers lie beneath the battle sky Sleep child sleep The night is dark and deep Yonder lies the farm stead Where the housewife prays on her rosary beads Sleep child sleep The night is dark and deep Over the brook hides a crook With his many treasures of a good measure Sleep child sleep The night is dark and deep Beneath the garden bench Sits a beggar in liquor drenched Sleep child sleep The night is dark and deep In the city there is famine and hunger Men have died a good number Sleep child sleep The night is dark and deep In the forest trail One can hear a lover’s wail Sleep child sleep The night is dark and deep Above the sky line, where the twain meet Sings an Angel of Gods love sweet