Eugene Field
First Lines
New! As I was going to Bethlehem-town,
Dearest, how hard it is to say
New! Father calls me William, sister calls me Will,
New! From out Cologne there came three kings
New! God rest you, Chrysten gentil men,
Have you ever heard the wind go "Yooooo"?
Ho, pretty bee, did you see my croodlin' doo?
New! I count my treasures o'er with care, --
I once knew all the birds that came
Last night, whiles that the curfew bell ben ringing,
New! Oh, hush thee, little Dear-my-Soul,
On afternoons, when baby boy has had a splendid nap,
New! Once upon a time the forest was in a great commotion.
Out on the mountain over the town,
New! Star of the East, that long ago
'T is when the lark goes soaring
New! The angel host that sped last night,
The fire upon the hearth is low,
The Rock-a-By Lady from Hushaby street
When our babe he goeth walking in his garden,
New! Why do the bells of Christmas ring?
With big tin trumpet and little red drum,
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