Dreaming, I see a mother weep.

Mother, he’ll be your baby still,

Let the changes bring whate’er they will;

When the coming years silver your hair,

You will dream of your baby fair;

Other sorrows your heart may fill—

He’ll be your darling baby still.

Tho’ he may lie in the churchyard cold,

In your dreams he’ll never grow old;

In your slumbers you’ll kiss his brow,