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Rock Me to Sleep

Hymnal: Progressive Sunday School Songs #178 (1923) First Line: Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight Refrain First Line: Backward, O tide of the years Lyrics: 1 Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight, Make me a child again just for tonight! Mother, come back from the echoless shore, Take me again to your heart as of yore; Kiss from my forehead the furrows of care, Smooth the few silver threads out of my hair; Over my slumbers your loving watch keep, Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep. Refrain: Backward, O tide of the years! I am so weary of toil and of tears; Weary of sowing for others to reap; Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep. 2 Tired of the hollow, the base, the untrue, Mother, O mother, my heart calls for you! Many a summer the grass has grown green, Blossomed and faded our faces between, Yet, with strong yearning and passionate pain, Long I tonight for your presence again; Come from the silence so long and so deep, Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep. [Refrain] 3 Mother, dear mother, the years have been long Since last I listened your lullaby song; Sing, then! and unto my soul it shall seem Years that are gone have been only a dream. Held to your heart in a loving embrace, With your light lashes just sweeping my face, Never hereafter to wake or to weep, Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep. [Refrain] Topics: Mother's Day Languages: English Tune Title: [Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight]
Rock Me to Sleep

Rock me to sleep, mother

Author: Elizabeth A. Allen Hymnal: Favorite Songs #d9 (1907) First Line: Backward, turn backward, O time Languages: English
Rock me to sleep, mother

Rock me to sleep, mother

Author: Elizabeth A. Allen Hymnal: Praise Him #d18 (1929) First Line: Backward, turn backward, O time Refrain First Line: Clasped to your heart
Rock me to sleep, mother

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