THE FAIRY BABE
The fairy woman, with magic skill,
Came full of charms to work you ill;
I stood up in a sudden anger
And snatched you into my breast from danger.
Hush, O!
Sleep, little fairy, sleep,
All that I have to keep;
For on your face that is pinched and weary
I saw a look of my own own dearie.
Hush, O!
Came full of charms to work you ill;
I stood up in a sudden anger
And snatched you into my breast from danger.
Hush, O!
Sleep, little fairy, sleep,
All that I have to keep;
For on your face that is pinched and weary
I saw a look of my own own dearie.
Hush, O!
My boy that went in the wild morning
Shall wear a crown and a gay gold ring,
Shall ride a splendid horse when he 's older,
With cloak of velvet upon his shoulder.
Hush, O!
Sleep, little fairy, sleep,
Stars are beginning to peep,
And may your mother my wee son cherish
That so he go not milkless and perish.
Hush, O!
Shall wear a crown and a gay gold ring,
Shall ride a splendid horse when he 's older,
With cloak of velvet upon his shoulder.
Hush, O!
Sleep, little fairy, sleep,
Stars are beginning to peep,
And may your mother my wee son cherish
That so he go not milkless and perish.
Hush, O!
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