Don’t Make Me Go to Bed (and I’ll Be Good)

Lyrics

A laughing baby boy, one evening in his play Disturbed the household with his noisy glee I warned him to be good, but he soon did disobey For he would soon forget a word from me I called him to my side and said, Now son, you must go to bed 'Cause your conduct has been very very rude With trembling lips and tear-filled eyes he pleaded then with me Don't make me go to bed, and I'll be good Don't, papa, and I'll be good Don't, papa, and I'll be good That's what I heard him say, and it haunts me night and day Don't make me go to bed, and I'll be good Our livеs have just been gladdened by his bright ascеnding beam Our boy now in our hearts was very dear I hastened to his bed, found him talking in his sleep He didn't seem to know that we were near I took him in my arms, and found his body wracked with pain To ease his pain we did the best we could It broke my heart to hear him crying loudly in his sleep Don't make me go to bed, and I'll be good Don't, papa, and I'll be good Don't, papa, and I'll be good That's what I heard him say, and it haunts me night and day Don't make me go to bed, and I'll be good How sorrow fills our heart, how fears oppress our mind When danger gathers 'round those ones we love He lingered but a day, then his spirit passed away To join the angel chorus up above All night and day we watched and prayed, we never left his side To give him up it seemed we never could It broke my heart to hear him saying, just before he died Don't make me go to bed, and I'll be good Don't, papa, and I'll be good Don't, papa, and I'll be good That's what I heard him say, and it haunts me night and day Don't make me go to bed, and I'll be good