VESPERS

A.    A. Milne

 

All:             Little Boy kneels at the foot of the bed

                   Droops on the little hands little gold head.

                   Hush!  Hush!  Whisper who dares!

                   Christopher Robin is saying his prayers.

 

Solo 1:       God bless Mummy.  I know that’s right.

                   Wasn’t it fun in the bath tonight?

                   The cold’s so cold, and the hot’s so hot

                   Oh, God bless Daddy—I quite forgot.

 

                   If I open my fingers a little bit more

                   I can see Nanny’s dressing-gown hanging on the door.

                   It’s a beautiful blue, but it hasn’t a hood

                   Oh, God bless Nanny and make her good.

 

                   Mine has a hood, and I lie in bed,

                   And pull the hood right over my head,

                   And I shut my eyes, and I curl up small

                   And nobody knows that I’m there at all.

 

                   Oh, Thank you, God, for a lovely day.

                   And what was the other I had to say?

                   I said “Bless Daddy,” so what can it be?

                   Oh!  Now, I remember it.  God bless me.

 

All:             Little Boy kneels at the foot of the bed,

                   Droops on the little hands little gold head.

                   Hush!  Hush!  Whisper who dares!

                   Christopher Robin is saying his prayers.