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Thread #18218   Message #3003039
Posted By: Monique
09-Oct-10 - 02:33 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Manx Lullaby
Subject: Lyr Add: A MANX LULLABY
Though the request is 10 years old, here are the lyrics

A MANX LULLABY

Chorus:
O hush you my baby, O hush you my love:

When lilacs are lush and bees in the blossom,
When cuckoos are calling and blackbirds do sing;
O sleep in your silence, babe of my bosom,
As through the green boughs your cradle I swing.

O smile in your sleeping, my beautiful baby,
Although our ship's rocking and waves they rise high;
Far o'er the wild water, wherever our way be,
O child of my heart, 'tis safe you shall lie.

On green hills afar the shadows they darken,
The moon's silver cradle is shining above;
Within it I'll lay you, and there you shall hearken
The songs that the stars sing, O child of my love.