The Silver Stars Are in the Sky

The silver stars are in the sky The red gold moon is riding high Oh, sleep, my little one, sleep Once long ago, against her breast A mother hushed her babe to rest Who was the King of Heaven above The Lord of gentleness and love Oh, sleep, my little one sleep (ooh) The boobook calls across the night The brown moths flutter in the light Oh, sleep, my little one, sleep In Bethlehem, long, long ago Where roads and paddocks gleam with snow On this same night that mother mild, lulled into dreams her royal child Oh, sleep, my little one, sleep Oh, sleep, my little one, sleep my little baby Sleep, my little one, sleep