Hank Snow - Don't Make Me Go To Bed Lyrics
A laughing baby boy, one evening in his playDisturbed the household with his noisy gleeI warned him to be quiet but he soon would disobeyFor he would soon forget a word from meI called him to my side and said, "Now son, you go to bedYour conduct has been very, very rude"With quivering lips and tear filled eyes he pleaded then with me"Don't make me go to bed, papa, and I'll be good""Don't Papa, and I'll be goodDon't Papa, and I'll be good"That's what I heard him say and it haunts me night and day"Don't make me go to bed, papa, and I'll be good"Our lives have just been gladdened by his bright ascending beamOur boy now in our hearts was very dearWe hastened to his bed one night he was talking in his sleepHe didn't seem to know that we were nearI took him in my arms and found his body raked with painTo ease the pain we did the best we couldIt broke my heart to hear him cryin' loudly in his sleep"Don't make me go to bed, papa, and I'll be good"All night and day we watched and prayed, we never left his sideTo give him up it seemed we never couldIt broke my heart to hear him crying just before he died"Don't make me go to bed, papa, and I'll be good"