#lulabye

In My Own Mother’s Tongue by pd lyons

  I shall sing you in my own mother’s tongue

The way she sang to me

Old sweet flowers be the rhyme

Before the sorrow time

When all the world so kinder

Even winter held forth joy

When all the dreams of childhood

Free of blood and pain

I shall sing you in my own mothers tongue

The way she sang to me

Hush little darling

Hush a bye and sleep

Soft is the bed where you lay your head

Sweet is the land…

Hush little sweeties, don't say a word, Jeff is gonna kill you and make you burn.

And if your corpses just won't burn, Jeff is going to bury you beneath the ferns.

Hush little sweethearts, don't say a word, Jeff is gonna stab you and make you cry

And if you just never cry, Jeff is gonna torture you until you die.

Hush little babies, don't say a word, Jeff is gonna kill you and make you burn

And if those corpses just won't burn, Jeff is gonna bury you beneath the ferns.

Hush my sweet child's, don't say a word, Jeff is gonna crucify you until you die

Tonight putting Aidan to bed:

Me: singing a lullaby

*finish* - kiss him softly on he cheek, 'Goodnight Aidan, I love you'

Aidan: *opens his eyes* 'I love you too mummy.'....

*I go to leave*

Aidan: 'Mummy!  When you kiss someone when their eyes are closed and they're asleep, you wake them up!!'

Me: 'Oh sorry honey, well, close your eyes and go back to sleep.'

Aidan: *on the verge of tears* 'I CAN'T now I'm all waked up!!'

Me: 'ok ok, do you want me to sing the lulabye again?'

Aidan: nods his head and gets comfy again

Me: *big sigh* sits back down on the bed and sings the whole lullaby again, finish and tip toe quietly out of bed even though I can tell by his breathing he is still awake...