[00:25.96]Listen now children a story I'll tell of a woman they called Anna Lee
[00:38.61]She had a fine son and she raised him up well
[00:44.75]And a daughter as lovely as she
[00:51.22]I'll return to you, dear, in the dimming of day
[00:57.49]As the sparrow returns to her nest
[01:04.02]I'll return to you dreaming with each lullaby
[01:10.51]Hold your sweet weary head to my breast
[01:17.42]She sang to her darlings a sweet lullaby
[01:23.62]As the cool evening shadows grow long
[01:30.74]Angels and nightingales gather at night
[01:36.56]Just to hear mother Anna Lee's song
[01:43.20]I'll return to you, dear, in the dimming of day
[01:49.53]As the sparrow returns to her nest
[01:56.08]I'll return to you dreaming with each lullaby
[02:02.63]Hold your sweet weary head to my breast
[02:22.51]I heard it one morning she rode into town
[02:28.76]To tend to her dear sister there
[02:35.35]She kissed her two babies on check and on brow
[02:41.88]And left them with nary a care
[02:48.45]The wind it did rise and the rain it did fall
[02:54.90]The river, a shadowy wave
[03:01.35]Anna Lee never heard danger's dark call
[03:07.66]And was swept to her watery grave
[03:14.27]I'll return to you, dear, in the dimming of day
[03:20.50]As the sparrow returns to her nest
[03:27.46]I'll return to you dreaming with each lullaby
[03:33.91]Hold your sweet weary head to my breast