Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1889 — "HO, FO[?] SLUMBERLANDP” [ARTICLE]

"HO, FO[?] SLUMBERLANDP”

A 3ltte song for bedtttae, when robed la gowns of white, - i ; ff . Ail sleepy little children set sails across the Il.irht. r .ffff - For that pleasant, pleasant country, where pretty div-am flowers Wow. •Twixt the B'iiirot nntl the sunrise. "ftit thj clumber Islands,- bo!” When the littlo oikm not drowsy--flmtriißMys lidg dfodjTclown. To hide blue eyes and black eyes, gray eyes and eyes of brown. A thousand boats lor Dreamland are waiting a a row. — =a==t And the ferrymen are callinsr •‘For the Slumber Islands, ho!” When the sleepy little children fill the boats along the snore. And go sailing off to Dreamland, and the dipping of the oar * In the sea of Sleep makes music that the children only know When they answer to the boatman's - “For the Slumber Islands, ho!” 0! take a kiss, my darling, ere you sail away from me In the boat of dreams that’s waiting to bear you o’er the sea; Take a kiss and give one, and then away you ' gO " ' : ; A-sailing info Dreamland “For the Slumber Islands, ho!”