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1. All under the stars, and beneath the green tree, / All over the sward, and along the cold lea, / A little blue flame / A fluttering came, / It came from the churchyard for you or for me.
2. I sit by the cradle, my baby's asleep, / And rocking the cradle, I wonder and weep. / O little blue light, / In the dead of the night, / O prithee, O prithee no nearer to creep.
3. Why follow the church path, why steal you this way? / Why halt in your journey, on threshold why stay? / With flicker and flare, / Why dance up my stair! / O I would, O I would, it were dawning of day.
4. All under the stars, and along the green lane, / Unslaked by the dew, and unquenched by the rain, / Of little flames blue / To the churchyard steal two, / The soul of my baby! now from me is ta'en.