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Text:Little Jesus, Sweetly Sleep
Translator:Percy Dearmer
Tune:THE ROCKING CAROL
Arranger:Martin Shaw

73. Little Jesus, Sweetly Sleep

1 Little Jesus, sweetly sleep, sleep in peace;
We have brought a robe of fleece;
We will rock you, rock you, rock you,
We will rock you, rock you, rock you:
Wrapping you to keep you warm,
Snugly round your tiny form.

2 Mary's little baby, sleep, sweetly sleep,
Sleep in comfort, slumber deep;
We will rock you, rock you, rock you,
We will rock you, rock you, rock you;
Serving you with deepest joy,
Darling, darling baby son.

Text Information
First Line: Little Jesus, sweetly sleep, sleep in peace
Title: Little Jesus, Sweetly Sleep
Translator: Percy Dearmer (1926)
Publication Date: 1996
Topic: Children; Christmas; Story of Jesus (4 more...)
Source: Czechoslovakian
Copyright: © 1928 Oxford University Press
Notes: Now Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: THE ROCKING CAROL
Arranger: Martin Shaw
Key: F Major
Source: Czechoslovakian, collected by Martin Shaw
Copyright: © 1928 Oxford University Press



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