One of the dads in a Village class told me about the Beatles' version of this song.
According to Wikipedia, it is based on a poem by Thomas Dekker and written in a lullaby style. Paul McCartney saw the sheet music for Dekker's lullaby at his father's home in Liverpool which had been left on the piano by his stepsister Ruth McCartney. McCartney could not read music at the time and was unable to read the score, and so he created his own melody and arrangement.
The words originally come from a lullaby in "The Pleasant Comodie of Patient Grissill" written about 1603.
On your Home CD:
Golden slumbers kiss your eyes
Smiles await you when you rise
Sleep now my little one, do not cry
and I will sing a lullaby
The Beatles' version:
Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby
Golden slumbers fill your eyes
Smiles awake you when you rise
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby
