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Joe Newberry



Last Updated: 12/15/2009

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City: Raleigh, N.C.
Country: US
Signup Date: 6/17/2006

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Friday, April 25, 2008 

Category: Music
This has been rolling around for a while... I had never written a lullabye before, and it made me remember so keenly what it was like when my daughter Virginia was little. 

Sweet Hour at Close of Day
Sweet hour at close of day     
Children's voices echo as they play     
Twilight seems to last forever     
Sweet hour at close of day     

Fireflies light the way to bed     
Blinking on the old windowsill     
Putting happy dreams in sleepy heads     
Soon their sweet breath will turn soft and still   

Sweet hour at close of day    
Children plead for longer play     
Twilight softens everything    
Sweet hour at close of day    

When the goodnights have been said    
And the litany of kisses has been filled     
After all the stories have been read     
The sandman's handiwork will be revealed      

Sweet hour at close of day    
Children dream about tomorrow's play     
Twilight deepens into blue gray night   
Sweet hour at close of day
3:21 PM
 
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Amanda Lynn Stubley

 
Wow, we talked about this at the beginning of the week, and then I forgot about it until right now. What a tender song! Just before I sat down at the computer I just peeked into Jacob's room to watch him sleep, and these lyrics capture that flutter in my heart as I watch him rest. I can't wait to hear the melody.
xo
Amanda Lynn
 
Posted by Amanda Lynn Stubley on Thursday, August 14, 2008 - 4:02 AM
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