Don't Make Me Go To Bed And I'll Be Good Lyrics - Singles - Roy Acuff

A laughing baby boy one evening in his play 

Disturbed the household with his noisy glee 

I warned him to be quiet but he soon would disobey 

For he would soon forget a word from me 

I called him to my side and said now son you go to bed 

Your conduct has been very very rude 

With quivering lips and tear filled eyes he pleaded then with me 

Don't make me go to bed and I'll be good 

Don't papa and I'll be good don't papa and I'll be good 

That's what I heard him say and it haunts me night and day 

Don't make me go to bed and I'll be good 

Our lives have just been gladdened by his bright ascending beam 

Our boy now in our heart was very dear 

We hastened to his bed one night he was talking in his sleep 

He didn't seem to know that we were near 

I took him in my arms and found his body raked with pain 

To ease the pain we did the best we could 

It broke my heart to hear him crying loudly in his sleep 

Don't make me go to bed and I'll be good 

All night and day we watched and prayed we never left his side 

To give him up it seemed we never could 

It broke my heart to hear him crying just before he died 

Don't make me go to bed and I'll be good 

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