Beard and Baby - Free Audiobook
Length: 12 chapters
Language: English
Narrators:Bruce Kachuk, Chris Pyle, dc, David Lawrence, Jonathan Jones, Kerry Adams, Laurie Banza, Larry Wilson, LeeSalter, mleigh, redrun, Stahl64
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Beard and Baby
SWING HIGH AND SWING LOW
SWING HIGH AND SWING LOW
Swing high and swing low
While the breezes they blow—
It's off for a sailor thy father would go;
And it's here in the harbor, in sight of the sea,
He hath left his wee babe with my song and with me:
"Swing high and swing low
While the breezes they blow!"
Swing high and swing low
While the breezes they blow—
It's oh for the waiting as weary days go!
And it's oh for the heartache that smiteth me when
I sing my song over and over again:
"Swing high and swing low
While the breezes they blow!"
"Swing high and swing low "—
The sea singeth so,
And it waileth anon in its ebb and its flow;
And a sleeper sleeps on to that song of the sea
Nor recketh he ever of mine or of me!
"Swing high and swing low
While the breezes they blow—
'T was off for a sailor thy father would go!"
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Beard and Baby by Eugene Field. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for October 23, 2022. ------ Dearest Aunt: Many years ago you used to rock me to sleep, cradling me in your arms and singing me petty songs. Beloved lady, in memory of years to be recalled only in thought, and in token of my gratitude and affection, I bring you these little love-songs, and reverently I lay them at your feet. (Introduction to Love-Songs of Childhood by Eugene Field (1894)
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