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hush water rains sleep

1.

hush water rains sleep
hush evening swims into the grass
who goes to the water becomes sleep
who comes to evening becomes grass
white water green sleep
great evening small grass
there comes there comes
a stranger

2.

what shall we do with the drowned sailor?
we take off his boots
we take off his coat
we lay him in the grass

my child it’s dark in the river
my child it’s wet in the river

what shall we do with the drowned sailor?
we take off the water
we dress him in evening
and carry him back

my child you shouldn’t weep
my child it’s only sleep
what shall we do with the drowned sailor?
we will sing him the water song
we will say him the grass prayer

then he’ll love to return

3.

there goes there goes
a stranger
into the great grass this small evening
in white sleep the green wet
and goes to grass and becomes an evening
and comes to sleep and becomes a wet
hush evening swims into grass
hush watersleep rains

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