<P> (Additional third verse) If I should live another day I pray the Lord to guide my way . Amen </P> <P> Now I lay me down to sleep . I pray the Lord my soul to keep . For if I die before I wake, that's one less test I have to take . </P> <P> It is sometimes combined with the "Black Paternoster", one version of which goes: </P> <P> Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, Bless the bed that I lie on . Four corners to my bed, Four angels round my head; One to watch and one to pray And two to bear my soul away . </P>

Where did the prayer now i lay me down to sleep originate