The Promise Lullabye
--Words and music copyright  1987, Ernest B. Clark


!lj first draft, 6/21/87
!lj latest draft, 7/28/87

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Sleep, sleepy baby, what can the matter be?
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Go to sleep, you baby, it'll be all right.


Mom and Daddy love you, always have and always will,
You can go to sleep now, it'll be all right.


See the furry fuzzy bear sitting in your bassinet,
Hug him nice and warm now, it'll be all right.


See old Mister Moon there, rising in your windowpane,
Someday you might go there, it'll be all right.


Mom and Daddy work hard, working for our little girl,
Working for your future, it'll be all right.


Working 'cause we love you, make a present for to give,
Making you the future, it'll be all right.


You will walk a forest,  look at maps without a fear,
Love your neighbor as yourself, and it'll be all right.


Maybe you will write a book, maybe you will sing a song,
Maybe have a little girl, it'll be all right.


You will have this present, brighter, better than today,
If we but work to make it so--it'll be all right.


Sleep, sleepy baby, what can the matter be?
Go to sleep, you baby, it'll be all right.