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The stars are twinkling in the skies, / The earth is lost in slumbers deep; / So hush, my sweet, and close thine eyes, / And let me lull thy soul to sleep. / Compose thy dimpled hands to rest, / And like a little birdling lie / Secure within thy cozy nest / Upon my loving mother breast, / And slumber to my lullaby, / So hushaby -- O hushaby.
The moon is singing to a star / The little song I sing to you; / The father sun has strayed afar, / As baby's sire is straying too. / And so the loving mother moon / Sings to the little star on high; / And as she sings, her gentle tune / Is borne to me, and thus I croon / For thee, my sweet, that lullaby / Of hushaby -- O hushaby.