Lyrics:
Sleep my child and peace attend thee all through the night.
Guardian angels God will send thee all through the night.
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping, hill and vale in slumber sleeping.
Mother here her watch is keeping all through the night.
While the moon her watch is keeping all through the night;
While the weary world is sleeping all through the night,
O'er thy spirit gently stealing, visions of delight revealing,
Breathes a pure and holy feeling all through the night.
Alternative 2nd verse:
Though I roam a minstrel lonely, all through the night,
My true harp shall praise thee only, all through the night.
Love's young dream, alas, is over yet my strains of love shall hover
Near the presence of my lover, all through the night.