A popular song from 1935.
Words and music by Gordon V. Thompson.
Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Babies five in number
All prepared for slumber
Cuddle down and close your drowsy eyes
God above will send you
Angels to attend you
Soon you’ll hear them sing your lullabies
Chorus
Fifty chubby tiny toes
Ev’ry cheek a red, red rose
Here a fairy lingers, kissing fifty fingers
Crooning while your dark eyes close
In your beds contented lie
Go to sleep and don’t you cry
Vesper bells are ringing
Angel voices singing
Quintuplets, your lullaby
- All aboard the steamboat
Fairyland’s own dreamboat
Sail away to gleaming magic isles
When the sun gives warning
You will know it’s morning
Home again to cheer us with your smiles
Sung here by Vancha March: