1. SLEEP, YES SLEEP MY BABY BEAUTIFUL.
KING AND GOD, KING AND GOD.
CLOSE-EYES NOW AND SLEEP QUIET.
KING AND GOD, KING AND GOD.
CLOSE-EYES NOW AND SLEEP QUIET.

Touch chin with index finger and mouth nonsense syllables: Fa, la, la, etc.

2. ME CHERISH YOU-lf. PLEASE NOT CRY.
SLEEP SWEET. SLEEP SWEET.
CLOSE-EYES, MY SON. MY SWEETHEART.
SLEEP SWEET, SLEEP SWEET.
CLOSE-EYES, MY SON. MY SWEETHEART.

Touch chin with index finger and mouth nonsense syllables.

Notes: ME - Underlined words are honorific indices ("indexes"), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.

CHERISH - (2h)[5:], hold FTs by the sides of the chin and move down while maintaining contact and closing to (2h)[S].

Lyrics:

1. Sleep, oh sleep, my lovely child,
King divine, King divine.
Close your eyes and sweetly slumber,
King divine, King divine.
Close your eyes and sweetly slumber.

Fa, la, la, etc.

2. Oh my treasure, do not weep!
Sweetly sleep, sweetly sleep.
Close your eyes my son, my dear one,
Sweetly sleep, sweetly sleep.
Close your eyes, my son, my dear one.

Fa, la, la, etc.

1. Dormi, dormi, o bel bambin,
Rè divin, Rè divin,
Fa la nanna, o fantolino,
Rè divin, Rè divin,
Fa la nanna, o fantolino.

Fa, la, la, etc.

2. Perchè piangi, o mio tresor?
Dolce amor, dolce amor!
Fa la nanna, o caro figlio,
Tanto bel, tanto bel,
Fa la nanna, o caro figlio.

Fa, la, la, etc.

To hear a performance of this song, go to Dormi, Dormi - Mary Goetze.