Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Lullaby

There was this song that my mother sung to me when I was a baby. Actually, the old man that lived next door taught it to us. Me and my three younger brothers all learned this song. Now I sing it to Jack at night, and even in the morning while feeding him his bottle. Tonight, I taught myself how to play it on the guitar. I performed a Google search to see if it was posted anywhere. Nothing. Then I did other search engine searches. Nothing. This song apparrently doesn't exist on the Internet! So, Here's the lyrics (perhaps I'll post an audio clip someday so you can hear it) ...

"Little Man"
Little man you're crying
I know why you're blue
Someone took your kiddie car away
Better go to sleep now, little man
You've had a busy day.

Someone won your marbles
Tell you what I'll do
Dad'll buy you new ones right away
Better go to sleep now, little man
You've had a busy day.

You've been playing soldier
The battle has been won
The enemy is out of sight
Come along now soldier
Put away your gun
The war is over for tonight.

Time you should be sleeping
Time your day is through
Can't you hear the bugle softly say
Better go to sleep now, little man
You've had a busy day.