natalie merchant
sweet and a lullaby
My heart is like a fountain true That flows and flows with love to you As chirps the lark unto the tree So chirps my pretty babe to me And it's o! Aweet, sweet! and a lullaby There's not a rose where'er I seek As comely as my baby's cheek There's not a comb of honey-bee So full of sweets as babe to me And it's o! Aweet, sweet! and a lullaby There's not a star that shines on high Is brighter than my baby's eye There's not a boat upon the sea Can dance as baby does to me And it's o! Aweet, sweet! and a lullaby No silk was ever spun so fine As is the hair of baby mine My baby smells more sweet to me Than smells in spring the elder tree And it's o! Aweet, sweet! and a lullaby A little fish swims in the well So in my heart does baby dwell A little flower blows on the tree My baby is the flower to me And it's o! Aweet, sweet! and a lullaby The queen has sceptre, crown and ball You are my sceptre, crown and all For all her robes of royal silk More fair your skin, as white as milk And it's o! Aweet, sweet! and a lullaby Ten thousand parks where deer do run Ten thousand roses in the sun Ten thousand pearls beneath the sea My babe more precious is to me And it's o! Aweet, sweet! and a lullaby