Go to sleep,
Little brother Colin,
Go to sleep,
You shall have some cake,
Papa will have some,
Mama will have some,
And I shall have some,
A whole basketful.
Watch! Close watch!
It has struck midnight;
Watch! Close watch!
Sleep in your homes.
↑Dodo (m.s.), lullaby, by-by; faire dodo, or aller à dodo, to go to lullaby.
↑Guet (s.m.), watch; guetter, to watch, to be on the watch for; le dernier guettait à toute heure les pondes d'un fermier, the latter was at every moment on the watch for a farmer's chickens.
