Laura Cortese - The Mist Covered Mountains/ Hush, Hush lyrics

Chorus: Hush, Hush it's time tae be sleeping' Hush, Hush dreams come a creepin' Dreams of peace and freedom So smile in your sleep bonny baby Once our Valleys were ringin' With the sounds of our children singin' Now sheep bleat in the evening And the sheilings stand empty and broken Chorus Where stands our proud highland mattle? Our men once so feared in battle But now they stand huddled like cattle Soon to be shipped o'er the ocean Chorus We stood with our heads bowed in prayer While factors lay our cottages bare Flames fire clear mountain air And many were dead in the mornin' Chorus No use pleadin' or prayin' Now gone, gone all hopes of stayin' So hush now anchors away Don't cry in your sleep bonny baby Words © Jim MacLean