The shepherd's cradle song (Charles Macpherson)
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- (Posted 2021-01-04) CPDL #62251: The_shepherds_cradle_song_cm.mxl
- Editor: Ian Haslam (submitted 2021-01-04). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 124 kB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: The shepherd's cradle song
Composer: Charles Macpherson
Lyricist: Arthur Foxton Ferguson
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carol
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1912
Description: Originally published by J. Curwen and Sons Ltd. Carol based on Der Hirten Wiegenlied by Karl Neuner.
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Original text and translations
English text
O sleep thou heaven-born treasure, thou,
Sleep sound, thou dearest Child;
White angel wings shall fan thy brow
With breezes soft and mild.
We shepherds poor are here to sing
A simple lullay to our King.
Lullaby lullaby,
Sleep, sleep softly, lullaby.
See, Mary has with mother's love
A bed for Thee outspread
While Joseph stoops
And watches at Thy head,
The lambkins in the stall so nigh,
That Thou may'st sleep, have hush'd their cry.
Lullaby, Lullaby
Sleep, sleep softly, Lullaby.
And when Thou'rt big and art a man
Full woe's in store for Thee;
For cruel men Thy death will plan
And hang Thee on a tree.
So sleep, my Baby, whilst Thou may,
'Twill give Thee rest against that day.
Lullaby, Lullaby,
Sleep, sleep softly, Lullaby.