Lyrics

When evening shadows deepened And my child was safe in bed A tiny voice began to speak And in a whisper it said ... ''Goodnight elephant Goodnight tiger and teddy bear When I wake up in the morning Please be sleeping there'' I wondered how a little voice Could talk to toys that way Then I remembered as it spoke A time when I used to say ... ''Goodnight elephant Goodnight tiger and teddy bear Whеn I wake up in the morning Pleasе be sleeping there'' (music) Now every night when all is still I tip-toe with a smile And stand beside the bed and whisper With the faith of a child ... ''Goodnight elephant Goodnight tiger and teddy bear And my little child - when morning sunbeams Kiss your hair Please be sleeping there''