Lyrics of
Golden Slumbers

Golden Slumbers is part of a medley on the B-side of The Beatles Abbey Road album and is based on a poem by Thomas Dekker. McCartney found the poem in a lullaby in his stepfathers book and composed the music around it, adding a melody that differed from the original poem.

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Once, there was a way to get back homeward
Once, there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling, do not cry,
 And I will sing a lullaby

Golden slumbers fill your eyes
Smiles awake you when you rise
Sleep pretty darling, do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby

Once, there was a way to get back homeward
Once, there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling, do not cry,
 And I will sing a lullaby