| Padraic Colum (1881–1972). Anthology of Irish Verse. 1922. |
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| 26. Lullaby |
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| By Seumas MacManus |
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| SOFTLY now the burn is rushing, | |
| Every lark its song is hushing, | |
| On the moor thick rest is falling, | |
| Just one heather-blade is calling— | |
| Calling, calling, lonely, lonely, | 5 |
| For my darling, for my only, | |
| Leanbhain O, Leanbhain O! | |
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| Trotting home, my dearie, dearie, | |
| Wee black lamb comes, wearie, wearie, | |
| Here its soft feet pit-a-patting | 10 |
| Quickly o’er the flowery matting, | |
| See its brown-black eyes a-blinking— | |
| Of its bed it’s surely thinking, | |
| Leanbhain O, Leanbhain O! | |
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| The hens to roost wee Nora’s shooing, | 15 |
| Brindley in the byre is mooing, | |
| The tired-out cricket’s quit its calling, | |
| Velvet sleep on all is falling,— | |
| Lark and cow, and sheep and starling,— | |
| Feel it kiss our white-haired darling, | 20 |
| Leanbhain O, Leanbhain O! | |
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