FRENCH NURSERY RHYMES.
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SLEEP, CHILD, SLEEP.
Sleep, child, sleep.
Papa is tending the sheep,
Mama, over her little baby,
Is shaking a golden branch,
Which will sprinkle over the children
Dreams of pearls and diamonds.
Sleep, child, sleep.
SLEEP, BABY, SLEEP.
Sleep, baby, sleep,
For I hear outside
A white sheep, a black sheep,
Who say, "Child, child, good night."
And if the child will not sleep,
Soon we will see running up
A black or white little sheep,
To peck[1] at the cute foot
Of my pretty little baby.
- ↑ Picoter (v.a.), from piquer, to prick, to peck (of birds).
