GOLDEN SLUMBERS...

DSW 10

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"Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home

Sleep little darling do not cry

and I will sing a lullaby."

I found out something very interesting about the lyrics to "Golden Slumbers" while checking to see if they were actually written by Lennon & McCartney. Parts were taken from a poem in the play "Patient Grissel" written in 1603 by Thomas Dekker. Here is the original poem;

Golden slumbers kiss your eyes,
Smiles awake you when you rise;
Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby,
Rock them, rock them, lullaby.
Care is heavy, therefore sleep you,
You are care, and care must keep you;
Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby,
Rock them, rock them, lullaby.