Who Will Sing Me Lullabies

This isn't really a song you'd sing to your children, but it does make me think of how important it is for us make sure there is someone to sing lullabies to our babes.

Lay me down gently, lay me down low,
I fear I am broken and won't mend, I know.
One thing I ask when the stars light the skies,
Who now will sing me lullabies,
Oh who now will sing me lullabies.

In this big world I'm lonely, for I am but small,
Oh angels in heaven, don't you care for me at all?
You heard my heart breaking for it rang through the skies,
So why don't you sing me lullabies,
Oh why don't you sing me lullabies.

I lay here; I'm weeping for the stars they have come,
I lay here not sleeping; now the long night has begun.
The man in the moon, oh he can't help but cry,
For there's no one to sing me lullabies,
Oh there's no one to sing me lullabies.

So lay me down gently, oh lay me down low,
I fear I am broken and won't mend, I know .
One thing I ask when the stars light the skies,
Who now will sing me lullabies,
Oh who now will sing me lullabies.

Who will sing me to sleep
Who will sing me to sleep
Who will sing me to sleep
Who will sing me to sleep

Tooa-ra-loo-ra-li

This is an original lullaby by Sheila Kirsten Hughes

LYRICS:
She tucks her in bed
And she kisses her cheek
Too-ra-loo-ra-li

She sings her a song
As she drifts off to sleep
Too-ra-loo-ra-li

She dreams of a land
Where the unicorns fly
To-ra-loo-ra-li

Where angels sing
From the clouds on high
To-ra-loo-ra-li

Too-ra-loo, too-ra-li, too-ra-loo-ra-li
Too-ra-loo, too-ra-li, too-ra-loo-ra-li

Many years have passed
Since I dreamed such a dream
Too-ra-loo-ra-li

Unicorns have been plucked
Of their horns and their wings
Too-ra-loo-ra-li

Maybe if I believe
I'll remember the way
To the place I once did know

Where it's ok to dance
And it's ok to dream
And you're never considered too old

Too-ra-loo, too-ra-li, too-ra-loo-ra-li
Too-ra-loo, too-ra-li, too-ra-loo-ra-li

Little child, when they tell you
That your time is up,
Remember this one thing

Don't you lose the map
Don't throw away the key
To the place where your dreams run free

Too-ra-loo, too-ra-li, too-ra-loo-ra-li
Too-ra-loo, too-ra-li, too-ra-loo-ra-li

Copyright © 2006 Sheila Kirsten Hughes

This I Promise You

"This I Promise You"

When the visions around you,

Bring tears to your eyes

And all that surround you,

Are secrets and lies

I'll be your strength,

I'll give you hope,

Keeping your faith when it's gone

The one you should call,

Was standing here all along...

This is one of Joni's favorite songs to sing to her children.

Read the rest of the lyrics and listen to Joni's rendition