My great grandma and my grandpa and grandma sang "Babes in the Wood" to me and my mother. I have since sang the same to each baby or little child I rock to sleep: From Kay Laster, Dickens, Texas Babes in the Wood Oh, don't you remember A long time ago Two poor little babies Their names I don't know Were stolen away, One bright summer day And lost in the woods I've heard people say And when it was night So sad was their plight The moon had gone down and the stars gave no light They sobbed and they sighed They bitterly cried Poor babes in the woods They laid down and died And when they were dead The robins so red Brought strawberry leaves and over them spread And all the night long They sang them a song Poor babes in the woods Are now dead and gone...
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