Whats that nursery rhyme that goes my little papoose....?

Question

Whats that nursery rhyme that goes my little papoose....?

Answer 1

I think the nursery rhyme you are talking about is called 'The Squaw's Lullaby'

The Squaw's Lullaby

Steep, my little papoose;

Thy father hunteth the moose;

    For thee and me he wanders long,

    His heart is brave, his hand is strong,

His bow is mighty as the oak,

His arrow is the lightning's stroke,

    In vain the wild fowl shun his noose;

    Steep, my little papoose.

  

Sleep, my little papoose;

The hooting owl is loose;

    The fawn is sleeping by the doe,

    The calf beside the buffalo,

The turkey hen above her brood

Is guarding lest the wolf intrude,

    The gosling nestles 'neath the goose;

    Sleep, my little papoose.

__Harry Edward Mills.