If now I lay me down to sleep
Who'd do the laundry, mend and sweep?
With food uncooked they'd go unfed
If I should lay me on the bed.
I pray the Lord my soul to keep,
Should I lay down and go to sleep;
It shouldn't bother me, me thinks,
To knock off and catch forty winks.
If I should die before I wake,
All hell'd break loose, make no mistake,
And those once calm and sensible
Would find me indispensable.
I pray the Lord my soul to take
To quietness, for goodness sake;
A little rest before I snap.
Perhaps I'll lay me down and nap...
If you would follow our good advice and have a nap I don't think "All hell'd break loose, make no mistake,"
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No, no. That was all hell would break loose " if I should die before I wake". Just whimsically suggesting that if I were gone all the little things I do for all y'all would be very missed. I tried to work in a thought to the effect of how you all might miss me the most when the satellite was disconnected because I wasn't around to pay the bill...but it didn't rhyme :)
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