Love-Songs of Childhood

<p><SPAN name="link2H_4_0028" id="link2H_4_0028"></SPAN></p> <h2> THE SHUT-EYE TRAIN </h2> <p>Come, my little one, with me!<br/> There are wondrous sights to see<br/> As the evening shadows fall;<br/> In your pretty cap and gown,<br/> Don't detain<br/> The Shut-Eye train&mdash;<br/> "Ting-a-ling!" the bell it goeth,<br/> "Toot-toot!" the whistle bloweth,<br/> And we hear the warning call:<br/> "All aboard for Shut-Eye Town!"<br/> Over hill and over plain<br/> Soon will speed the Shut-Eye train!<br/> Through the blue where bloom the stars<br/> And the Mother Moon looks down<br/> We'll away<br/> To land of Fay&mdash;<br/> Oh, the sights that we shall see there!<br/> Come, my little one, with me there&mdash;<br/> 'T is a goodly train of cars&mdash;<br/> All aboard for Shut-Eye Town!<br/> Swifter than a wild bird's flight,<br/> Through the realms of fleecy light<br/> We shall speed and speed away!<br/> Let the Night in envy frown&mdash;<br/> What care we<br/> How wroth she be!<br/> To the Balow-land above us,<br/> To the Balow-folk who love us,<br/> Let us hasten while we may&mdash;<br/> All aboard for Shut-Eye Town!<br/> Shut-Eye Town is passing fair&mdash;<br/> Golden dreams await us there;<br/> We shall dream those dreams, my dear,<br/> Till the Mother Moon goes down&mdash;<br/> See unfold<br/> Delights untold!<br/> And in those mysterious places<br/> We shall see beloved faces<br/> And beloved voices hear<br/> In the grace of Shut-Eye Town.<br/> Heavy are your eyes, my sweet,<br/> Weary are your little feet&mdash;<br/> Nestle closer up to me<br/> In your pretty cap and gown;<br/> Don't detain<br/> The Shut-Eye train!<br/> "Ting-a-ling!" the bell it goeth,<br/> "Toot-toot!" the whistle bloweth<br/> Oh, the sights that we shall see!<br/> All aboard for Shut-Eye Town!<br/></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />