When it's night, and no light, too,
Wakin' by yourse'f,
With the old clock mockin' you
On the mantel-she'f;
In the dark — so still and black,
You're afeard you'll hear
Somepin' awful pop and crack, —
" Go to sleep, my dear! "

That's what Mother says. — And then's
When we ain't afeard!
Wunder, when we be big mens,
Then 'ul we be skeerd? —
Some night Mother's goned away,
And ist us is here,
Will The Good Man wake and say,
" Go to sleep, my dear " ?