Intro: Verse
Rustling of the leaves used to be my lullaby
In the sunny South when I was a tot so high
And now that I have grown and myself alone
Melody
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Cradle me where southern skies
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Can watch me with a million eyes
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Oh sing me to sleep
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Lullaby of the leaves
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Cover me with heaven's blue
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And let me dream a dream or two
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Oh sing me to sleep
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Lullaby of the leaves
Fm7
I'm breezing along, along with the breeze
Ab7
I'm hearing a song, a song through the trees
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Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Fm7
That pine melody caressing the shore
Ab7
Familiar to me, I've heard it before
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Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh that's Southland
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Don't I feel it in my soul
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And don't I know I've reached my goal
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Oh sing me to sleep
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Lullaby of the leaves