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Sleepy Time.
I wrote this as a lullaby from memories of rocking my daughter Shannon to sleep. There is a generic version > (below) that you can sing to any child.
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It’s sleepy time for baby
Sleepy time, it’s true
It’s sleepy time for Shannon
Sleeping shall renew
I love you, precious dolly
Love the things you do
I love you, perfect daughter
Love the way you coo
I wonder: am I worthy?
(haven’t got a clue)
I wonder: am I lucky?
(maybe I’m just due)
I rock you, darling angel
Rocking right on queue
I rock a rocking rhythm
Rocking just for you
Your eyelids are now closing
Eyelids: one and two
Your eyelids flutter open…
Eyelids close anew
I wonder: am I worthy?
(haven’t got a clue)
I wonder: am I lucky?
(maybe I’m just due)
Your dreaming is so peaceful
Dreams and dreams ensue
Your dreaming drifts serenely
Dreams and dreams accrue
This hushing hush now hovers
Hushing soothes the view
This hushing is so soothing
Hushing soothes me too
I wonder: am I worthy?
(haven’t got a clue)
I wonder: am I lucky?
(maybe I’m just due)
It’s sleepy time for Shannon
Sleepy time for you
It’s sleepy time for baby
Sleep the whole night through
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by > Roamoff
composed Mar 2010.
submitted 31 Mar 2010.
Copyright © Mar 2010 by Roamoff.
Sleepy Time.
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//-start of poem-\\
It’s sleepy time for baby
Sleepy time, it’s true
It’s sleepy time for angel
Sleeping shall renew
I love you, precious baby
Love the things you do
I love you, perfect angel
Love the way you coo
I wonder: am I worthy?
(haven’t got a clue)
I wonder: am I lucky?
(maybe I’m just due)
I rock you, darling angel
Rocking right on queue
I rock a rocking rhythm
Rocking just for you
Your eyelids are now closing
Eyelids: one and two
Your eyelids flutter open…
Eyelids close anew
I wonder: am I worthy?
(haven’t got a clue)
I wonder: am I lucky?
(maybe I’m just due)
Your dreaming is so peaceful
Dreams and dreams ensue
Your dreaming drifts serenely
Dreams and dreams accrue
This hushing hush now hovers
Hushing soothes the view
This hushing is so soothing
Hushing soothes me too
I wonder: am I worthy?
(haven’t got a clue)
I wonder: am I lucky?
(maybe I’m just due)
It’s sleepy time for baby
Sleepy time for you
It’s sleepy time for angel
Sleep the whole night through
\\-end of poem-//
by > Roamoff
composed Mar 2010.
submitted 31 Mar 2010.
Copyright © Mar 2010 by Roamoff.
Sleepy Time.
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I thought of this poem one night while remembering the utter joy it was to hold my daughter Shannon, rock her gently, and watch as she gradually drifted off to sleep. I couldn't believe at the time that I was so lucky to have her. Of course, soon thereafter, I lost her (and my reason for living) in a bitter divorce. I never saw her again until she was an adult. See all of the poems that Shannon inspired > here.
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