When the voices of children are heard on the green And laughing is heard on the hill My heart is at rest within my breast And everything else is still Then come home my children, the sun is gone down And the dews of night arise Come, come leave off play, and let us away 'Til the morning appears in the skies No, no, let us play, for it is yet day And we cannot go to sleep Besides in the sky, the little birds fly And the hills are all covered with sheep Well, well, go and play 'til the light fades away And then go home to bed The little ones leaped and shouted and laughed And all the hills echoed ♪ When the voices of children are heard on the green And laughing is heard on the hill My heart is at rest within my breast And everything else is still Then come home my children, the sun is gone down And the dews of night arise Come, come leave off play, and let us away 'Til the morning appears in the skies ♪ Then come home my children, the sun is gone down And the dews of night arise Come, come leave off play, and let us away 'Til the morning appears in the skies