A night time lullaby from 1920
words by Raymond B. Egan
music by Richard A. Whiting
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Halcyon Days Music:
Lyrics
- Won’t you stretch imagination
For the moment and come with me
Let us hasten to a nation
Lying over the western sea
Hide behind the cherry blossoms
Here’s a sight that will please your eyes
There’s a baby with a lady
Of Japan singing lullabies
Night winds breath her sighs
Chorus
Here’s the Japanese Sandman
Sneaking on with the dew
Just an old second hand man
He’ll buy your old day from you
He will take every sorrow
Of the day that is through
And he’ll give you tomorrow
Just to start a life anew
Then you’ll be a bit older
In the dawn when you wake
And you’ll be a bit bolder
With the new day you make
Here’s the Japanese Sandman
Trade him silver for gold
Just an old second hand man
Trading new days for old
- Just as silent as we came
We’ll leave the land of the painted fan
Wander lightly or you’ll wake
The little people of old Japan
May repose and pleasant dreaming
Be their share while the hours are small
Like an echo of the song
I hear the Japanese Sandman call
New days near for all
Sung here by Fred Feild: