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 Cradle me where Southern skies can watch me with a million eyes Oh sing me to sleep Lullaby of the leaves Cover me with heaven's blue and let me dream a dream or two Oh sing me to sleep Lullaby of the leaves I'm breezing along, along with the breeze I'm hearing a song, a song through the trees Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh That pine melody caressing the shore familiar to me, I've heard it before Ooh ooh ooh ooh That's Southland, don't I feel it in my soul And don't I know I've reached my goal Oh sing me to sleep Lullaby of the leaves