Mary's Lullaby (George Whitefield Chadwick)

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• (Posted 2022-12-29)  CPDL #72040:     

Editor: Douglas Walczak (submitted 2022-12-29).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 88 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Mary's Lullaby
Composer: George Whitefield Chadwick
Lyricist: Cora A Matson Dolson^{create page}
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SSAA
Genre: Sacred, Carol Genre: Sacred, Anthem

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1910
Description: Piano accompaniment is ad libitum or optional.

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English text

Mary the Mother on her knee, the Infant Jesus held,
And sang she low and tenderly, while warm, her bosomwelle.
Some times the thorns must pierce thy brow,
some times thine eyes must weep,
But mother arms enfold thee now,
The sleep, child Jesus, sleep
Sang she, as others sing it now
Sang she, the halo from whose brow
shines on each earthly mother still,
Sang she as ever mothers will.
Sleep, my baby sleep.