After listening to the John McCormack recording on that link I just posted, I copied the lyrics as they sound to me:

Cradle Song (based on Caprice Viennois)
Music by Fritz Kreisler
Lyrics by Alice Mattullath

Tears must fall,
Eyes must weep,
While my song I sing.
Little one sleep....

You and I are all alone -
I have only you.
Father's love you never have known;
Mother must love for two.

Father heard his country's call
At the stern command.
Soldier's brave must fight and fall
For their native land.
They must keep their loved ones all
In the Savior's hand.

Sleep darling, sleep............

Father lies upon the plain
He is sleeping, too.
Mother's heart must bear the pain.
Heaven has sent her you.

Over your bed a snow white dove
That Watches the long night through
Brought me a message of hope and love
From the starry blue
That someday in heaven above
He will meet us, too.

Eyes must weep
While my song I sing
Little one sleep and rest.........

You can purchase a more recent recording of this song on Amazon.com performed by Robert White, Ida Levin, and Samuel Sanders. It's on the cd album "Music To My Ears, A Collection of Music for Children of All Ages - Fauré, Chopin, Saint-Saëns, Schumann, Borodin, Bach, etc" The MP3 file for "Cradle Song" can be purchased here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0017RTJVQ/ref=dm_dp_adp13?ie=UTF8&qid=1237181486&sr=8-1

I really love Cradle Song/Caprice Viennois but never heard it sung until today which is what prompted my search for the lyrics and that's how I found this forum. My father told me that my mother used to play it on the violin when I was a small child, so that may be why this song really strikes a chord with me, aside from the fact it is an exquisite melody. I find the lyrics very moving as well.