Living
Go to Sleep
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
The tree leaves are murmuring hua-la-la,
Baby's very sleepy and wants his mama;
Go to sleep, my baby, and then go to bed,
And any bogie-boo that comes,
I'll knock him on the head.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Go to Sleep.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/13/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Go to Sleep.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/13/.
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