Lyrics
(Folk song)
1. Going home, going home Through the silent meadows.
Going home, going home Through the dark’ning shadows.
Sleepy eyes like the skies Where the stars are shrouded.
Play is done, light is gone, Day in night is shrouded.
Good night, good night, good night.
2. Going home, going home, Hear the sheepbells ringing,
Going home, going home, Near us bats are winging.
In and out round about, Beetles whirring o’er us.
Soft and white, glow worms bright On the path before us.
Good night, good night, good night.
See also
- Subjects: lullabies / goodbye / night
- Harmony: I IV V chords
- Meter: 6/8
- Scale: major pentascale/pentachord
- Tone set: s,drmfs
- Source: The Child’s Own Music Book, The Largest Collection of Mothers’ and Children’s Songs, Musical Games and Piano Music Ever Published, Covering Completely All Phases of Child Life, Wier, 1918
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody