(Fly, li’l gull, fly high!),
Bully bat a-follerin’ de moon in de sky,
Widder bird a-hollerin’, ‘Hi, dar! Hi!’
Tree toad a-trillin’
(Sleep, li’l honey!
De moon cost a shillin’
But we ain’t got money!),
Sleep, li’l honey,
While de firefly fly,
An’ Chuck-Will’s Widder holler,