Lullaby

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The rook's nest do rock on the tree-top
  Where vew foes can stand;
  The martin's is high, an' is deep
  In the steep cliff o' zand.
  But thou, love, a-sleepèn where vootsteps
  Mid come to thy bed,
  Hast father an' mother to watch thee
  An' shelter thy head.
  Lullaby, Lilybrow.  Lie asleep;
  Blest be thy rest.

  An' zome birds do keep under ruffèn
  Their young vrom the storm,
  An' zome wi' nest-hoodèns o' moss
  And o' wool, do lie warm.
  An' we wull look well to the houseruf
  That o'er thee mid leäk,
  An' the blast that mid beät on thy winder
  Shall not smite thy cheäk.
  Lullaby, Lilibrow.  Lie asleep;
  Blest be thy rest.

© William Barnes