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from "Songs Without Words", Opus 62, No. 6


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SPRING SONG by Felix Mendelssohn,
song lyrics by Joel Sattler

from "Songs Without Words", Opus 62, No. 6


sleep
my little darling baby
I
shall sing

the sky
is turning red
just rest your head
church bells are ringing

just sleep
and then when you awake
to what day brings
we'll laugh and we will play
this first day of spring

I love
you with each beat of heart
each day
through the ending and the starting
summer spring and fall
and winter over all

and when I hear your voice
my soul begins rejoicing
to see you smile
my special child
all sorrow will destroy

the warming rain
will melt the ice
till only life remains

today
we'll see
what we became to be

tomor-
row is
so far
away

and trouble is
a foreign land
that you might nev-
er understand

but that's alright
caress the night
just dream of dreams of peaceful deep
and golden light for now just

sleep
my little darling baby
I
shall sing

the sky
is turning red
just rest your head
church bells are ringing

just sleep
and then when you awake
to what day brings
we'll laugh
we'll play
and when you wake when day does break there'll be no yesterday
on this first day of spring we will be happy safe and gay

you know
you are
my own bright shining star
my life
began
when first I touched your hand
I learned the truth of what I am
and now at last I under-
stand

but as for now
just go to sleep
just go to sleep
just go to sleep


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