Now I lay me down to sleep ...

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  jstalin

  The "now I law me down to sleep" prayer always freaked me out when I was little. It actually disturbed me to think that I might die that night. I really disliked that prayer.
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  AnneB

  'Name of the father, son, and holy ghost;

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  sacolton

  Good Food

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  Let's Eat!
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  babygirl75

  So when I read that thread heading I thought of Metallicas' Enter Sandman song.

  Loubelle...You & I must think exactly alike....

  Everytime I see that line "Now I lay me down to sleep..." Metallica is the first thing I think of....
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  dawg

  I didn't have a childhood prayer, but my adult prayer is... now I lay me down to sleep, I pray no one catches me with this sheep.
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  babygirl75

  but my adult prayer is... now I lay me down to sleep, I pray no one catches me with this sheep

  Dawg...you're crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL....
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  VM44

  "Now I lay me down to sleep,..."

  Who is the author of that prayer?
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  compound complex

  Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep

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  Now I lay me down to sleep is a classic children's prayer from the 18th century. The version printed inThe New England Primer goes:

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  Now I lay me down to sleep,
  I pray the Lord my soul to keep;
  And if I die before I wake,
  I pray the Lord my soul to take.
  
  There is also a version of this prayer that is more positive in outlook:
  
  Now I lay me down to sleep,
  I pray the Lord my soul to keep;
  When in the morning light I wake,
  Teach me the path of love to take.
  
  
  Another recent version:
  
  Now I lay me down to sleep,
  I pray the Lord my soul to keep;
  Guard me Jesus through the night,
  And wake me with the morning light.
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  compound complex

  Thanks, all, for your replies ... little did I realize...!

  There are 1,590,000 references (is that the term?) for the prayer in Google.

  CoCo
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  MissingLink

  "Rub-a-dub-dub Bring On The Grub"