Volume 156 — THE SENTINELS.
Reading edition
Up and down the nurs'ry stair All through the night There are Fairy Sentinels Watching till it's light; If they ever went to sleep The Big Clock would tell; But, Left-Right! Left-Right! They know their duty well; I needn't mind a Bogey or a Giant or a Bear, The Sentinels are watching on the nurs'ry stair! Up and down the nurs'ry stair All through the day There the Fairy Sentinels Sleep the time away; If you were to wake them up, Think how tired they'd be, So Tip-toe! Tip-toe! Go upstairs quietly. Yes, that's the very reason we have carpets on the stair— The Sentinels are sleeping, and we must take care.
She. "THEY SAY THE VICAR TALKS IN HIS SLEEP."
He. "VERY LIKELY. HE TALKS IN MINE."