She's
sleepin' now; pore little
thing,
Her breath's a-comin' deep;
To me there's somethin' holy
in
A little baby's sleep,
She'll hardly know, in years
to come,
The loss that she has had;
Her dad is left, but mother
love
Can hardly come frum Dad.It seems to
me she's cried so much
She's kep' herself awake,
An' ev'ry little baby sob,
Has made my old heart ache,
I'm carin' fer her now while
Gabe
Is restin; he ain't fer
We've took our turns fer
near a week,
A-watchin' over her.
I only
wisht her grandma wus
Still here to calm her fears;
But what's the use of wishin'?
she's
Been gone 'most 'leven years,
We'll watch the child as
best we can,
She's all in all to Gabe,
The Lord seen fit to take
Kate off,
He'll not desert her babe. |
