Lullabies for Doreen

• Rest Now, Doreen

  Fingerpicked night · Fingerpicked · Guitar · Quiet

  A slow, gentle lullaby for settling a baby or young child to sleep, built around the image of a heavy oar finally set down and resting for the night.

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  Verse 1

  Somewhere a long oar leans on a bench in the dark its journey is finished, its work for the day is through and just like that oar you can lay down the weight you carry there's nothing tonight that is asking a thing of you

  Pre-chorus

  The water has settled, the current has let you go the house holds its breath and the lamp is burning low close your eyes now, love, and drift where the quiet leads

  Chorus

  Sleep now, Doreen, in the hush of the falling night you are held here safe till the morning comes with light Doreen, my dear one, let the whole wide world stand still there is nowhere calmer than this warm and sheltered sill

  Verse 2

  The damp wood remembers the hands that carried it home and I remember every small breath you have ever drawn you don't have to travel another inch before the morning just rest where you are until the first grey line of dawn

  Chorus

  Sleep now, Doreen, in the hush of the falling night you are held here safe till the morning comes with light Doreen, my dear one, let the whole wide world stand still there is nowhere calmer than this warm and sheltered sill

  Bridge

  No river tonight, no far shore to reach only this room, only breath, only sleep

  Chorus

  Sleep now, Doreen, in the hush of the falling night you are held here safe till the morning comes with light Doreen, my dear one, let the whole wide world stand still there is nowhere calmer than this warm and sheltered sill

  Outro

  The oar rests still, and so, my Doreen, do you safe on the bench of night till morning comes through

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• Little Blue Light

  Harp lullaby · Harp · Gentle · Flowing

  A gentle harp lullaby for settling a baby or young child to sleep, built around the soft glow of a small torch on a pillow.

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  Verse 1

  A little blue torch is glowing soft upon your pillowcase and all of the shadows in the room have found their place you watch the small circle drifting slow across the sheet and everything about this moment feels unhurried and complete

  Pre-chorus

  The house has gone quiet and the window's turned to grey so let the last light of the day just drift away and settle here with me while the dark comes creeping in

  Chorus

  Doreen, you are the softest thing this house has ever seen close your eyes now, let the night be calm and clean nothing in this darkness ever needs to come between you and this quiet, you and this warm serene

  Verse 2

  The torchlight makes a small moon on the corner of your bed a gentle little glow to rest so near your sleepy head you do not need the brightness of the whole wide sky above just this one small beam, and all this steady love

  Pre-chorus

  The house has gone quiet and the window's turned to grey so let the last light of the day just drift away and settle here with me while the dark comes creeping in

  Chorus

  Doreen, you are the softest thing this house has ever seen close your eyes now, let the night be calm and clean nothing in this darkness ever needs to come between you and this quiet, you and this warm serene

  Bridge

  Let the torch dim slow until the room is soft and blue there is nothing in this whole wide night that means you harm you are held here safely, and that will always still be true

  Chorus

  Doreen, you are the softest thing this house has ever seen close your eyes now, let the night be calm and clean nothing in this darkness ever needs to come between you and this quiet, you and this warm serene

  Outro

  The little torch is dimming now, its light gone soft and small sleep on, Doreen, I will be watching over all

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• Slipping Down So Slow

  Folk cradle song · Folk · Dulcimer · Rocking

  A soft, unhurried lullaby for winding down a little one named Doreen, built around a knitted blanket easing off a wooden arm.

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  Verse 1

  Softly the blanket is slipping down the old wooden chair Sinking like breath does when nothing is left to prove or bear Doreen, your small hands have loosened, your day has come undone Nothing tonight could be gentler than the hush that we share

  Pre-chorus

  Hush now, the house has grown quiet and warm around your head Wrapped in the wool and the candlelight low beside your bed Rest is a river that's rising to carry you along

  Chorus

  Doreen, my darling, the dark is a friend come to stay Nobody's calling you back into the noise of the day Doreen, you're held here as safe as a seed in the ground Sleep is a colour that's soft and it's yours, come what may

  Verse 2

  Down the wool goes, easing over the arm like a sigh Nothing that's loved ever really says a final goodbye Doreen, you're stitched into something that won't come apart Even the shadows are humming a low lullaby

  Pre-chorus

  Hush now, the house has grown quiet and warm around your head Wrapped in the wool and the candlelight low beside your bed Rest is a river that's rising to carry you along

  Chorus

  Doreen, my darling, the dark is a friend come to stay Nobody's calling you back into the noise of the day Doreen, you're held here as safe as a seed in the ground Sleep is a colour that's soft and it's yours, come what may

  Bridge

  Let every worry unravel and drop to the floor You are the warmth that this whole quiet room is here for

  Chorus

  Doreen, my darling, the dark is a friend come to stay Nobody's calling you back into the noise of the day Doreen, you're held here as safe as a seed in the ground Sleep is a colour that's soft and it's yours, come what may

  Outro

  Somewhere the blanket has settled, still warm on the chair Sleep well, Doreen, you are held, you are loved, you are there

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