SLEEP NOW (ELSIE’S LULLABY)
Close your eyes and rest your weary head
Sleep ‘til morn – I’ll guard your bracken bed
Your father’s so powerful, the squire of all around
And I dread the dawn for then we will be found.
Tomorrow your Daddy’s men will be here
We’ll face them all and try to show no fear
But tonight by starlight at Pamphill on the green
I’ll hold you close, in the trees we won’t be seen.
Sleep now, my babe, my child
Sleep now, my babe, my child
Music © 1981 Peter Aston
Words © 2006 Peter Aston