From the 1905 musical “The Woggle Bug.” Words by L. Frank Baum. Music by Frederic Chapin.
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So rest in peace my tired baby
That you may be soothed to sleep
Tho’ all the world be cold and drear
Love will guard you here
So snuggle closer my weary baby here
To stay beside my heart
For the sandman is near, and will banish all fear
From the heart of my dear little baby
2. Tho’ little folks grow restless and at noon forsake the nest
To rush away and romp and play with merry laugh and jest
The mother only smiles the more, and waits the coming time
When baby to her knee will climb
For even fluffy birdlings seek at night a shelt’ring wing
And all the frizzy rabbits to the Mamma rabbit cling
The chickens seek their resting place, the piggies seek their sty
To hear this dreamy lullaby