Nursery Rhyme. CCCXCIX. Lullabies.

        [A favourite lullaby in the north of England fifty years ago, and perhaps still heard. The last word is pronounced bee.]

    Hush-a-bye, lie still and sleep,
    It grieves me sore to see thee weep,
    For when thou weep'st thou wearies me,
    Hush-a-bye, lie still and bye.

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