| William Wilfred Campbell, comp. The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse. 1913. | | | | Lullaby of the Iroquois | | By Emily Pauline Johnson (1861–1913) |
| | | LITTLE brown baby-bird, lapped in your nest, | |
| Wrapped in your nest, | |
| Strapped in your nest, | |
| Your straight little cradle-board rocks you to rest; | |
| Its hands are your nest, | 5 |
| Its bands are your nest; | |
| It swings from the down-bending branch of the oak; | |
| You watch the camp flame, arid the curling grey smoke; | |
| But, oh, for your pretty black eyes sleep is best,— | |
| Little brown baby of mine, go to rest. | 10 |
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| Little brown baby-bird swinging to sleep, | |
| Winging to sleep, | |
| Singing to sleep, | |
| Your wonder-black eyes that so wide open keep, | |
| Shielding their sleep, | 15 |
| Unyielding to sleep, | |
| The heron is homing, the plover is still, | |
| The night-owl calls from his haunt on the hill, | |
| Afar the fox barks, afar the stars peep,— | |
| Little brown baby of mine, go to sleep. | 20 | | | |
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