A Lullaby
JOHANNES BRAHMS
I'll set you a-swing
In a purple bell
Of the lady finger
Where brown bees linger
And loiter long.
I'll set you a-swing
In a fairy dell
To the sil'vry ring
Of a fairy tale song
I'll put you afloat
In a boat of pearl
On a moonlit sea
Where your path shall be
Of silver and blue
To fairyland children, sweet girl
To its rode-strewn strand
Bathed in glis'ning dew
Bathed in glis'ning dew
I'll make you a nest
A soft, warm nest
In my heart's core
Alanne shore
When day is gone
Where cozily curled on mother's breast
My share o' the world
You'll rest til dawn