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I. In her wimple of wind and her slippers of sleep / The twilight comes like a little goose-girl, / Herding her owls with many "tu-whoos," / Her little brown owls in the woodland deep, / Where dimly she walks in her whispering shoes, / And gown of glimmering pearl.
Sleep, sleep, little one, sleep; / This is the road to Rockaby Town. / Rockaby, lullaby, where dreams are cheap; / Here you can buy any dream for a crown. / Sleep, sleep, little one, sleep; / The cradle you lie in is soft and is deep, / The wagon that takes you to Rockaby Town. / Now you go up, sweet, now you go down, / Rockaby, lullaby, now you go down.