Blind, like puppies, from the birth?"
"Lullaby, oh, lullaby!"
Thus I heard the father cry;
"Lullaby, oh, lullaby!
Mary, you must come and try!—
Hush, oh, hush, for mercy's sake—
The more I sing, the more you wake!"
"Lullaby, oh, lullaby!
Fie, you little creature, fie!
Lullaby, oh, lullaby!