Sleep, my little son, my boy, my only one
Quickly, baby, sleep and close your eyes
To a big &strapping boy like you why should your ma
Be sitting here and singing lullabies?
(repeat last 2 lines of each verse)

A genius boy, who’ll be a famous lawyer
And for him soon we’ll bake a wedding cake
Think of your ma, oh why must you annoy her—
And how much wetting can your bedding take?

So sleep, my bridegroom, little lawyer, slumber
For your success we’ll wait a few more years
Until with great and wise men you can number
We’ll have to do much work and shed some tears.