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Translation:French Nursery Rhymes/Sleep, Child, Sleep

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French Nursery Rhymes (1881)
C. B., translated from French by Wikisource
Sleep, Child, Sleep
C. B.2164761French Nursery Rhymes — Sleep, Child, Sleep1881Wikisource

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.