SLEEP.
Sleep!
Cums de solemn night,
An’ de day’s tuck flight!
Not er bird ner coon
Am er whis-lin’ choon.
Sleep!
Sleep!
Slo’ de hours slip ’long
To de brooklet’s song,
In de sof deep hush
Cums de star’s sweet blush.
Sleep!
Sleep!
In er lonesum tone
Ez he creep erlone,
Cums de cricket call
Fum de vine clad wall.
Sleep!
Sleep!
Up de hillside steep
Now de moon take creep!
Th’ew de cab’n loft, gleam
On er coon in dream.
Sleep!
