Add to ORKG[Verse 1] Oh! birdie, I am tired now, I do not care to hear you sing; You’ve sung your happy songs all day, Now put your head beneath your wing; I’m sleepy too as I can be, And sister, when my pray’r is said, I want to lay me down to rest, So put me in my little bed. [Chorus] Come, sister, come, Kiss me good night, For I my evening pray’r have said; I’m tired now and sleepy too, Come , put me in my little bed. [Verse 2] Oh! sister, what did mother say, When she was call’d to Heav’n away? She told me always to be good, And never, never go stray; I can’t forget the day she died, She placed her hand upon my head, She whisper’d softly, “keep my child,” And then they told me she was dead. [Chorus] [Verse 3] Dear sister, come and hear my pray’r, ...