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| Text: | Hush, Little Jesus Boy (Yesu, ulale) |
| Translator: | Howard S. Olson, b. 1922 |
| Tune: | YESU ULALE |
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Hush, little Jesus boy, hallelujah (Yesu, ulale, haleluya) |
| Title: | Hush, Little Jesus Boy (Yesu, ulale) |
| Swahili Title: | Yesu, ulale |
| Translator: | Howard S. Olson, b. 1922 |
| Refrain First Line: | Hallelujah, hallelujah, most holy child, sweet indeed (Haleluya halleluya, mtot wee, mwematu) |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1999 |
| Topic: | Christmas |
| Source: | Ilyamba from Membo me Kiklisto, anon. |
| Copyright: | Swahili text © Lutheran Theological College, Makumira, Tanzania; Tr. © 1977 Howard S. Olson |
| Notes: | Meant to be sung antiphonally with the Leader singing the first part and all singing "hallelujah" and the refrain |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | YESU ULALE |
| Key: | d minor or modal |
| Source: | Ilymba traditional |
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