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"Smile In Your Sleep"
"Smile In Your Sleep"
Song
Language	Scottish English or Scots
Published	1968
Songwriter(s)	Jim McLean
Composer(s)	Traditional (" Chi Mi Na Morbheanna")

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"Smile In Your Sleep", sometimes known as "Hush, Hush, Time To Be Sleeping" ( Scots: "Hush, Hush, Time Tae Be Sleepin") is a Scottish folk song and lullaby written by Jim McLean and set to the tune of the Gaelic air, " Chi Mi Na Morbheanna" (literally "I will see the great mountains", or " The Mist Covered Mountain"). It follows the experiences of crofters during the Highland Clearances through eviction and emigration.^[1]^[3]

Lyrics

Several versions of the lyrics exist, both in Scottish English, Scots, and a hybrid of the two.

Scottish English Hush, hush, time to be sleeping Hush, hush, dreams come a-creeping Dreams of peace and of freedom So smile in your sleep, bonny baby	Scots-English (as sung by Dick Gaughan)^[1] Hush, hush, time tae be sleepin Hush, hush, dreams come a-creepin Dreams o peace an o freedom Sae smile in your sleep, bonnie baby
Once our valleys were ringing With songs of our children singing But now sheep bleat till the evening And shielings lie empty and broken	Once our valleys were ringin Wi sounds o our children singin But nou sheep bleat till the evenin An shielings stand empty an broken
(chorus)	(chorus)
We stood with heads bowed in prayer, While factors laid our cottages bare, The flames licked the clear mountain air, And many were dead by the morning.	We stood, wi heads bowed in prayer While factors laid our cottages bare The flames fired the clear mountain air An many lay dead in the mornin
(chorus)	(chorus)
Where is our proud highland mettle Our troops once so fierce in battle Now stand, cowed, huddled like cattle And wait to be shipped o'er the ocean	Where was our fine Highland mettle, Our men once sae fearless in battle? They stand, cowed, huddled like cattle Soon tae be shipped owre the ocean
(chorus)	(chorus)
No use pleading or praying For gone, gone is all hope of staying Hush, hush, the anchor's a-weighing Don't cry in your sleep, bonny baby	No use pleading or praying All hope gone, no hope of staying Hush, hush, the anchor's a-weighing Don't cry in your sleep, bonnie baby

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gaughan, Dick. "Smile In Your Sleep". Retrieved 20 August 2013.
^ Burch, Christa. "Love of the Land". Singular Voice. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
^ Hendrickson, Stewart (April 2006). "MUSICAL TRADITIONS: Attributions". Victory Music. Retrieved 20 August 2013.

Category:Scottish folk songs

[Gaughan-1] Gaughan, Dick. "Smile In Your Sleep". Retrieved 20 August 2013.

[Burch-2] Burch, Christa. "Love of the Land". Singular Voice. Retrieved 20 August 2013.

[Hendrickson-3] Hendrickson, Stewart (April 2006). "MUSICAL TRADITIONS: Attributions". Victory Music. Retrieved 20 August 2013.

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"Smile In Your Sleep"
Song
Language	Scottish English or Scots
Published	1968
Songwriter(s)	Jim McLean
Composer(s)	Traditional (" Chi Mi Na Morbheanna")