Passion Flowers (Watson)/Mammy's Lullaby

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Mammy's Lullaby.
     De stars is all a-shinin'      Up in de silunt sky,     De birds is all a-noddin'      Up in de cedars high.Go sleep, my darlin' babies, ole Mammy's settin' near,Ter hep de angils gward yuh from eb'ry sort er fear.
     De flow's is all a-foldid,      De honey bee's at res';     An' close I hole my baby      'Gin his Mammy's bres'.Fol' de lids, my darlin', ober yer eyes so blue,De angils sho ter be watchin' an' tekkin kere er you.
     De wurl is all es quiet      As do duh wus no kere,     As do duh wus no sorrer      Ter eber start er tear; ​But still duh's lots o' suff'rin' all de wide wurl o'er,Folks wid heart-strin's breakin', folks wid hearts dat's so'.
     Froo bofe light and darkness,      We's trablin' long de way     Dat leads us sho' an' sartin      On tuh jedgmen' day.I hopes de angil Gabril, on resserrection morn,Ull fine us whar we orter be, a-lis'nin' fuh de horn.So sleep, my darlin' babies, all de long night froo,De angils an' yo' Mammy's bofe er tekkin kere o' you.

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