Wee babies

Chapter 35: Bye-Lo-Baby.

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About This Book

A collection of short, illustrated verses that portray infants and toddlers in familiar domestic scenes—play, naps, mealtimes, mischief, outings, and simple fantasies. Each poem uses rhythmic, child-friendly language to celebrate sensory details, family relationships, and small adventures, often observing twins, siblings, neighborhood babies, and everyday mishaps like jam on the face or rainy-day confinement. The volume reads like a series of affectionate snapshots aimed at entertaining and soothing young readers and caregivers.

Bye-Lo-Baby.

Go to sleep my little dolly,

Shut your eyes and don’t you cry,

I’ll not leave you, baby darling,

Till you have gone sleepy-bye.

Never mind you other dollies,

You all have your turn, you know,

You must all be good and patient,

Soon to dream-land you shall go.

Go to sleep my precious baby,

Let me think what mama sings,

All about the stars, and lammies,

By-lo-land and lots of things.

By-lo-by-lo hush my darling,

Don’t you cry now any more,

If you don’t behave much better

I will put you on the floor.

There, at last she’s shut her eyes up,

Polly Snooks, now come to me,

I know, when you’ve been so quiet,

Just how sleepy you must be.