C
F
D7
A laughing baby boy one evening in his play
G7
C
He disturbed the household with his noisy glee
F
D7
Well I warned him to keep quiet but he soon did disobey
G7
C
For he would soon forget a word from me
F
D7
Then I called him to my side and said son you must go to bed
G7
C
For your conduct has been very very rude
F
D7
With quivering lips and tear dimmed eyes he pleaded there with me
G7
C
Don’t make me go to bed papa and I’ll be good
G7
Don’t papa and I’ll be good
C
Don’t papa and I’ll be good
F
D7
That’s what I heard him say and it haunts me night and day
G7
C
Don’t make me go to bed papa and I’ll be good
F
D7
Our lives have just been gladdened by his bright ascending beams
G7
C
Our boy now in our hearts was very dear
F
D7
Well I hastened to his bed and found him talking in his sleep
G7
C
He didn’t seem to know that we were near
F
D7
So I took him in my arms and found his body raked with pain
G7
C
To ease his pain we did the best we could
F
D7
It broke my heart to hear him crying so loudly in his sleep
G7
C
Don’t make me go to bed papa and I’ll be good
G7
Don’t papa and I’ll be good
C
Don’t papa and I’ll be good
F
D7
That’s what I heard him say and it haunts me night and day
G7
C
Don’t make me go to bed papa and I’ll be good
F
D7
All night and day we watched and prayed and we never left his side
G7
C
To give him up it seemed we never could
F
D7
It broke my heart to hear him saying just before he died
G7
C
Don’t make me go to bed papa and I’ll be good
G7
Don’t papa and I’ll be good
C
Don’t papa and I’ll be good
F
D7
That’s what I heard him say and it haunts me night and day
G7
C
Don’t make me go to bed papa and I’ll be good
D7
C
G7
F
