Orkney Lullaby

A moonbeam foateth from the skies,

Whispering, "Heigho, my dearie!
I would spin a web before your eyes,
A beautiful web of sil!er light,
Wherein is many a wondrous sight
Of a radiant garden leagues away,
Where the softly tinkling lilies sway,
And the snowwhite lambkins are at play,
Heigho, my dearie!"
A brownie stealeth from the !ine
"inging, "Heigho, my dearie!
And will you hear this song of mine,
A song of the land of murk and mist
Where bideth the bud the dew hath kist#
$hen let the moonbeam%s web of light
&e spun before thee sil!ery white,
And I shall sing the li!elong night,
Heigho, my dearie!"
$he night wind speedeth from the sea,
'urmuring, "Heigho, my dearie!
I bring a mariner%s prayer for thee(
"o let the moonbeam !eil thine eyes,
And the brownie sing thee lullabies(
&ut I shall ro)k thee to and fro,
*issing the brow he lo!eth so,
And the prayer shall guard thy bed, I trow,
Heigho, my dearie!"