“Now I lay me down to sleep” is a classic children’s bedtime prayer. A vodka version is:
“Now I lay me down to sleep
A bottle of vodka at me feet
If I shall die before I wake
Tell my friends I drank it straight.”
The vodka-drinking version was posted on Twitter on March 14, 2009, and also on Twitter on May 2, 2009. The vodka saying has been printed on many images.
“Now I lay me down to sleep, a bottle of Jack Daniel’s at my feet…” and “Now my friends lay me down to sleep, a fifth of whiskey down by my feet…” are related sayings.
Wikipedia: Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
Now I lay me down to sleep is a classic children’s bedtime prayer from the 18th century.
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A later version printed in The New England Primer goes:
Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray to Lord my soul to keep,
If I should die before I wake,
I pray the Lord my soul to take.
Twitter
Lauren Klein
@Lauren_Klein
Now I lay me down to sleep,an empty bottle of vodka at my feet, If I die before I wake, Tell my girlz I Drank it Straight…...
7:12 PM · Mar 14, 2009·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Carly
@CarleeRee
Now i lay me down to sleep, a bottle of UV at my feet, if i should die before i wake, tell my friends i drank it straight.
10:57 PM - 2 May 2009
Twitter
Natasha Bilick
@_TaShH_
now i lay me down to sleep, with a bottle of vodka at my feet,and if die before i wake, tell my friends i drank it straight ; 0
6:51 PM - 24 Jun 2009
Twitter
Elsa Mancillas
@ElsaMancillas
Now I lay me down to sleep, a bottle of vodka at my feet, if I shall die before I wake tell my friends I drank it straight.
8:20 AM - 7 Aug 2009
it’s demi
maandag 14 juni 2010
I’ll be partying ‘till hella late
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Now I lay me down to sleep, a bottle of vodka at my feet, if I shall die
before I wake tell my friends I drank it straight.
The Drinks Business
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COMMENTS
tj john says:
December 9, 2013 at 4:13 pm
and now they lay me down to sleep a 40 ouncer at my feet and if i die before i wake tell my friends i drank it straight.
We Serve a Living God!
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Collection of Funny Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep’s
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—- Vodka Version
Now I lay me down to sleep
A bottle of vodka at me feet
If I shall die before I wake
Tell my friends I drank it straight.
Twitter
drunk
@Drunk_Post
Now I lay me down to sleep, a bottle of vodka at my feet, if I shall die before I wake tell my friends I drank it straight.
12:05 AM · Aug 22, 2014·Twitter for iPhone
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