The Child Within

Hush a-bye baby mine
Sleep in safety away from harm
Pretty thoughts I send to you
Loving thoughts of peace and calm

Hush a-bye baby mine
A perfect thing in a world of strife
Gentle thoughts I send to you
So you’ll be gentle all your life

Hush a-bye baby mine
Growing more each passing day
Kind thoughts I send to you
So you’ll be kind in every way

Hush a-bye baby mine
Soon your smile my world will light
Happy thoughts I send to you
So happiness will be yours by right

Pretty, gentle, happy and kind
Are but a few of what I’ll find
At the very moment night or morn
When hush a-bye my baby is born
So sleep in safety, grow in grace
Until that day I see your face

©Marian Barker