I'll set you a-swing in a purple bell
Of the lady finger
Where brown bees linger
And loiter long
I'll set you a-swing in a fairy dell
To the silv'ry ring
Of a fairy song
I'll put you afloat in a boat of pearl
On a moonlit sea
Where your path shall be
Of silver and blue
To fairyland children, sweet girl
To it's rode-strewn strand bathed in glistining dew
Bathed in glist'ning dew
I'll make you a nest, a soft, warm nest
In my heart's core
Alanniv ashore
When day is gone
Where cosily curled on mother's breast
My share o' the world
You'll rest till dawn
Of the lady finger
Where brown bees linger
And loiter long
I'll set you a-swing in a fairy dell
To the silv'ry ring
Of a fairy song
I'll put you afloat in a boat of pearl
On a moonlit sea
Where your path shall be
Of silver and blue
To fairyland children, sweet girl
To it's rode-strewn strand bathed in glistining dew
Bathed in glist'ning dew
I'll make you a nest, a soft, warm nest
In my heart's core
Alanniv ashore
When day is gone
Where cosily curled on mother's breast
My share o' the world
You'll rest till dawn
