From the recording A Smooth Road To London Town
Lyrics
When the sun on the prairie is going to bed
You can see it turn golden and red in the west,
There’s the barest of breeze in the shelter belt trees,
Singing each baby to rest,
Chorus: They sing: lullaby lullaby, coolies and sloughs,
Lullaby lullaby, coolies and sloughs.
The wind in the willows whispers to you,
Lullaby lullaby, coolies and sloughs.
When the baby meadowlark is fussy and tired.
Her mama will cradle her under her wing.
She’ll call to the winds that blow in from the west,
And this is the song she will sing: Chorus: