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Hymns / Music :: Sleep, My Little Jesus

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"The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. " Luke 2:20

Hymns Supplied Through the Gracious Generosity
of the Cyber Hymnal Website

William Channing Gannett (1840-1923) Words: William Channing Gannett, 1882; written for a Sunday School in St. Paul, Minnesota, and published in The Thought of God, second series, 1894, as "Mary's Manger-Song."

Music: "Lullaby (Geibel)," Adam Geibel


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Adam Geibel (1855-1933)

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!

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

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

Information about the musical score and the Cyber Hymnal Website
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