Sleep baby sleep

The night is dark and lonely our dreames have ceased to be
Your daddy's gone and left us now there's just you and me
You're sleeping in your cradle while I'm tossing in my bed
And praying you will never learn the things your daddy did

Sleep baby sleep oh please don't you awaken
I don't you to know that we have been forsaken
Sleep baby sleep and please don't call for daddy
Just dream on like he was home sleep baby sleep
[ piano - steel ]
Spends his evenings in a tavern holding hands and drinking wine
And kissing lips that he wants more than he did yours and mine
I begged him not to leave and hurt the one who loves him so
But darling please stay fast asleep you're much too young to know

Sleep baby sleep and please don't call for daddy
Just dream on like he was home sleep baby sleep