Baby Go to Sleep

He thought we'd walked enough that day.
Abruptly, he stopped and sat down.

When Asa was a baby, I made up a lull-a-bye for him. The tone was just the same five notes, over and over. Worked like a charm. Asa can't remember it, of course, but I've sung it a few times since.

Asa go to sleep,

Dream of wandering sheep

Fishies in the deep

Willows all a-weep

Sleep the sleep of dreams,

Hills of deepest greens

Fireflies and moonbeams

Snowy mountain streams

Asa's dreams be sweet,

Fields of golden wheat

Shimmering city streets

All the friends you'll meet