Sleep Holy Babe (Traditional)
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- Editor: William Chimiak (submitted 2023-04-22). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 50 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Based upon work by N.A. Montani for St. Gregory 1920 hymnal The .mscz and .mxl file have accompaniment embedded and can be made visible
General Information
Title: Sleep Holy Babe
Composer: Anonymous (Traditional)
Lyricist: Edward Caswall
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Unknown, Unknown
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
First published:
Description: .mscz and .mxl file have accompaniment embedded and can be made visible
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Original text and translations
English text
Sleep, Holy Babe, Upon Thy Mother's breast!
Great Lord of earth and sea and sky,
How sweet it is to see Thee lie,
In such a place of rest.
Sleep, Holly Babe, Thine Angels watch around;
All bending low with folded wings
Before th'Incarnate King of Kings,
In rev'rent awe profound.
Sleep, Holy Babe, While I with Mary's gaze;
In joy upon that Face awhile,
Upon the loving Infant smile,
Which there divinely plays.
Sleep, Holy Babe, O snatch Thy brief repose;
Too quickly will Thy slumbers breat,
And Thou to lenghthened pains awake,
That death alone shall close.