The Land of Nod — Nursery Rhyme Lyrics

From breakfast on through all the day
At home among my friends I stay,
But every night I go abroad
Afar into the land of Nod.
All by myself I have to go,
With none to tell me what to do--
All alone beside the streams
And up the mountain-sides of dreams.
The strangest things are these for me,
Both things to eat and things to see,
And many frightening sights abroad
Till morning in the land of Nod.
Try as I like to find the way,
I never can get back by day,
Nor can remember plain and clear
The curious music that I hear.

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What are the words to The Land of Nod?
The lyrics to The Land of Nod are: From breakfast on through all the day / At home among my friends I stay, / But every night I go abroad / Afar into the land of Nod. / All by myself I have to go, / With none to tell me what to do-- ... Read the full 16-line nursery rhyme at Rhyme Buster.
How many lines does The Land of Nod have?
"The Land of Nod" has 16 lines of verse.

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