THE ROCK-A-BY LADY.
The-Rock-a-ByLadyfroni Hushaby street Comes stealing; comes creeping; The poppies they hang /roni her head to. her , feet, ', . -'-'•"." Ao;d each.hath a_dioam : thaf is tiny an 3 fleet, She bringoth her poppies" to. you, my sweet, When sue tindcth you sleeping. There is one little dream pi a beautiful dram; " Rub,-a-dub.'' it There la* pjne little dream of a big sugarplum " • - Andlo! thick and fast the other dreamß come Of pop-guns that bang and fin" tops-that hum, And a trumpet that bloweth, And doliies peep out of / those wee little dreams . . '-'. With laughter and singing; And boats go a-floating on silvery stream*; Arid the star's peek-a-boo with their own misty gleams, And up, up, arid up, where the Mother Moon beams, The fairies go winging! Would you dream all these dreams that'are tiny and fleet? . •. They'll come to you sleeping; ■ _ , So shut -the two .eyes'" that'arc weary, my, , sweet, '• For .the Rock-a-By Lady from Hushaby street, With'poppies that hang from her head ,to her feet, Comes stealing; comes creeping.
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 30, Issue 9182, 15 September 1899, Page 6
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170THE ROCK-A-BY LADY. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 30, Issue 9182, 15 September 1899, Page 6
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