G    C  G

[Verse 1]

Minnie and Winnie

Slept in a shell
C
Sleep, little ladies
    D
And they slept well


[Verse 2]
G
Pink was the shell within

Silver without
C
Sounds of the great sea
D
Wandered about


[Verse 3]
Em
Sleep, little ladies
C
Wake not soon
G
Echo on echo
Em          D
Dies to the moon


[Verse 4]
Em
Two bright stars
       C
Peeped into the shell
G
What are you dreaming of?
Em      D
Who can tell?


[Verse 5]
G
Startled green linnet

Out of the croft
C
Wake, little ladies
    D       G
The sun is aloft