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Twenty Gallons of Sleep.
Measure me out from the fathomless tun
That somewhere or other you keep
In your vasty cellars, Oh! wealthy one,
Twenty gallons of sleep.
That somewhere or other you keep
In your vasty cellars, Oh! wealthy one,
Twenty gallons of sleep.
Twenty gallons of balmy sleep,
Dreamless, and deep, and mild,
Of the excellent brand you used to keep
"When I was a little child.
Dreamless, and deep, and mild,
Of the excellent brand you used to keep
"When I was a little child.
I've tasted all of your vaunted stock,
Your clarets and ports of Spain,
The liquid gold of your famous hock,
And your matchless dry champagne.
Your clarets and ports of Spain,
The liquid gold of your famous hock,
And your matchless dry champagne.
Of your rich muscats, and your sherries fine,
I've drunk both well and deep,
Then, measure me out, Oh! merchant mine,
Twenty gallons of sleep.
I've drunk both well and deep,
Then, measure me out, Oh! merchant mine,
Twenty gallons of sleep.
Twenty gallons of slumber soft,
Of the innocent, baby kind,
When the angels flutter their wings aloft,
And the pillow with down is lined.
Of the innocent, baby kind,
When the angels flutter their wings aloft,
And the pillow with down is lined.
