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My Purchased Files| 6144 | The Cyber Hymnal#6145 | 6146 |
| Text: | Sleep, My Little Jesus |
| Author: | William C. Gannett |
| Tune: | LULLABY (Geibel) |
| Composer: | Adam Geibel, 1855-1933 |
6145. Sleep, My Little Jesus
1. Sleep, my little Jesus,
On Thy bed of hay,
While the shepherds homeward
Journey on their way.
Mother is Thy shepherd
And will her vigil keep:
Did the voices wake Thee?
O sleep, my Jesus, sleep!
Refrain
Softly sleep, sweetly sleep,
My Jesus, sleep!
2. Sleep, my little Jesus,
While Thou art my own!
Ox and ass Thy neighbors,
Shalt Thou have a throne?
Will they call me blessèd?
Shall I stand and weep?
Be it far, Jehovah!
O sleep, my Jesus, sleep! [Refrain]
3. Sleep, my little Jesus,
Wonder-baby mine!
Well the singing angels
Greet Thee as divine.
Through my heart, as heaven
Low the echoes sweep
Of glory to Jehovah!
O sleep, my Jesus, sleep! [Refrain]
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Sleep, my little Jesus |
| Title: | Sleep, My Little Jesus |
| Author: | William C. Gannett (1882) |
| Refrain First Line: | Softly sleep, sweetly slee |
| Meter: | 11.11.11.12 |
| Language: | English |
| Source: | Written for a Sunday School in St. Paul, Minnesota, and published in The Thought of God, second series, 1894, as "Mary's Manger-Song." |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | LULLABY (Geibel) |
| Composer: | Adam Geibel, 1855-1933 |
| Meter: | 11.11.11.12 |
| Incipit: | 33332 15555 36665 |
| Key: | G Major |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Media | |
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| Adobe Acrobat image: |  Adobe Acrobat image(Cyber Hymnal) |
| Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer score (Cyber Hymnal) |
| XML score: | XML score |
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