[00:25.96]Listen now children a story I'll tell of a woman they called Anna Lee[00:38.61]She had a fine son and she raised him up well[00:44.75]And a daughter as lovely as she[00:51.22]I'll return to you, dear, in the dimming of day[00:57.49]As the sparrow returns to her nest[01:04.02]I'll return to you dreaming with each lullaby[01:10.51]Hold your sweet weary head to my breast[01:17.42]She sang to her darlings a sweet lullaby[01:23.62]As the cool evening shadows grow long[01:30.74]Angels and nightingales gather at night[01:36.56]Just to hear mother Anna Lee's song[01:43.20]I'll return to you, dear, in the dimming of day[01:49.53]As the sparrow returns to her nest[01:56.08]I'll return to you dreaming with each lullaby[02:02.63]Hold your sweet weary head to my breast[02:22.51]I heard it one morning she rode into town[02:28.76]To tend to her dear sister there[02:35.35]She kissed her two babies on check and on brow[02:41.88]And left them with nary a care[02:48.45]The wind it did rise and the rain it did fall[02:54.90]The river, a shadowy wave[03:01.35]Anna Lee never heard danger's dark call[03:07.66]And was swept to her watery grave[03:14.27]I'll return to you, dear, in the dimming of day[03:20.50]As the sparrow returns to her nest[03:27.46]I'll return to you dreaming with each lullaby[03:33.91]Hold your sweet weary head to my breast