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One night Nurse Sleep held out her hand / To tired little May. / "Come, go with me to Wonderland," / She said, "I know the way. / Just rock-a-by -- hum-m-m, / And lo! we come / To the place where the dream-girls play."
But naughty May, she wriggled away / From Sleep's soft arms, and said: / "I must stay awake till I eat my cake, / And then I will go to bed; / With a by-lo, away I will go. " / But the good nurse shook her head.
She shook her head and away she sped, / While May sat munching her crumb. / But after the cake there came an ache, / Though May cried: "Come, Sleep, come, / And it's oh! my! let us by-lo-by" -- / All save the echoes were dumb.
She ran after Sleep toward Wonderland, / Ran till the morning light; / And just as she caught her and grasped her hand, / A nightmare gave her a fright. / And it's by-lo, I hope she'll know / Better another night.