Lullaby

## Lyrics

Hush falls the evening

And tickles the bell

One freckle, three freckle, four

Hush falls the evening

And tickles the bell

Love, close your eyes

There are stories to tell

Troubles and marks and sakes to keep

Blow out the candle and go to sleep

I hang the moon that looks to the west

Tied to your pillow and twice ‘round your chest

Should the sky thunder and should the stars mist

Water the branches that sprout from your wrist

Once was a man

On a dark and cruel road

One freckle, three freckle, four

Once was a man

On a dark and cruel road

Where strangers and brothers

And caravans towed

Troubles and marks and sakes to keep

Blow out the candle and go to sleep

Each pushed in fog

With wife and a child

One freckle, three freckle, four

Each pushed in fog

With wife and a child

Out of Virginia

And into the wild

Troubles and marks and sakes to keep

Blow out the candle and go to sleep

I hang the moon that looks to the west

Tied to your pillow and twice ‘round your chest

Should the sky thunder and should the stars mist

Water the branches that sprout from your wrist

Wife shook with fever

And sick went the air

One freckle, three freckle, four

Wife shook with fever

And sick went the air

He tied her to saddle

’Til thirst took the mare

Troubles and marks and sakes to keep

Blow out the candle and go to sleep

Some drifted missing

And some drifted found

One freckle, three freckle, four

Some drifted missing

And some drifted found

He carried his wife

’Til they fell to the ground

Troubles and marks and sakes to keep

Blow out the candle and go to sleep

I hang the moon that looks to the west

Tied to your pillow and twice ‘round your chest

Should the sky thunder and should the stars mist

Water the branches that sprout from your wrist

He held her down

With a man and his son

One freckle, three freckle, four

He held her down

With a man and his son

Nobody spoke

As he emptied his gun

Troubles and marks and sakes to keep

Blow out the candle and go to sleep

Wagons and heels turned

And limped as he froze

One freckle, three freckle, four

Wagons and heels turned

And limped as he froze

He strangled her locket

Away from the crows

Troubles and marks and sakes to keep

Blow out the candle and go to sleep

I hang the moon that looks to the west

Tied to your pillow and twice ‘round your chest

Should the sky thunder and should the stars mist

Water the branches that sprout from your wrist

Day came

And he and his blood were forgot

One freckle, three freckle, four

Day came

And he and his blood were forgot

Save for the branches

That from his wrist shot

Troubles and marks and sakes to keep

Blow out the candle and go to sleep

Weary the prairies

And littered with dead

One freckle, three freckle, four

Weary the prairies

And littered with dead

I’ll leave her locket

Right here on your bed

Troubles and marks and sakes to keep

Blow out the candle and go to sleep

I hang the moon that looks to the west

Tied to your pillow and twice ‘round your chest

Should the sky thunder and should the stars mist

Water the branches that sprout from your wrist

Hush falls the evening

And tickles the bell

One freckle, three freckle, four