In Country Sleep

Never and never, my girl riding far and nearIn the land of the hearthstone tales, and spelled asleep,Fear or believe that the wolf in a sheepwhite hoodLoping and bleating roughly and blithely shall leap,My dear, my dear,Out of a lair in the flocked leaves in the dew dipped yearTo eat your heart in the house in the rosy wood.Sleep, good, for ever, slow and deep, spelled rare and wise,My girl ranging the night in the rose and shireOf the hobnail tales: no gooseherd or swine will turnInto a homestall king or hamlet of fireAnd prince of iceTo court the honeyed heart from your side before sunriseIn a spinney of ringed boys and ganders, spike and burn,HereMP3: Lovin Spoonful - Darling, Be Home Soon