"Lailah", Christene Jackman

Lailah לָיְלָה
A Memorial song
Words & Music, Performance by: Christene Jackman (c)&(p)11.29.2022.
BMI # 059551801
https://www.christenejackman.com/

NOTE: Lailah לָיְלָה, a Biblical Hebrew word that means, “Night.”

Winter flurries twirl and dance / A frosty shroud on barren plants
I feel the one I cannot see / Wondering why it had to be
Little Lailah went away / Never got to greet the day

Lailah may sweet angels / Serenade you to sleep
Surely, Father God / Your precious soul will keep
I fear Heaven’s cradle / Rocks far too many like you
Oh, what else can I do / But weep for Lailah.

Pirouettes on ballet shoes / Shining hair of golden hues
I see her in my dreams at night / Outstretched arms reaching, not quite
Little Lailah went away / And never got to see the day

Lailah may sweet angels / Serenade you to sleep
Surely, Father God / Your precious soul will keep
I fear Heaven’s cradle /Rocks far too many like you
Oh, what else can I do . . . .

Distant, but ever near / As proof she once was here
Forever in my song / Little Lailah will live on