Rhyme & History The words of the Nursery Rhyme, 'The Sandman' have been kindly provided by Lee Shipton. He believes that they are incomplete, so if anyone can provide any additional words, please let us know! The 'wheel of stars' referred to in the rhyme might refer to Ezekiel's Wheels which were used to highlight the forgotten method of finding the sun's position at night and thus keeping the time, the missing method was by gearing two great imaginary spinning wheels of stars. Our grateful thanks go to Lee for telling us about this rhyme The Sandman Nursery Rhyme lyrics, origins and history The Sandman's coming in his train of cars With moonbeam windows and with wheels of stars So hush you little ones and have no fear The man-in-the-moon he is the engineer
The railroad track tis a moonbeam bright That leads right up into the starry night
So put on you 'jamas and say your prayers. The Sandman Nursery Rhyme lyrics, origins and history |