A Cradle Song - Ireland, John

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⌛ Period → 20th Century ◈ Genre → 4 ♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Advanced (Grade 5-6)

¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 8

CPDL # 76869

Editor David Anderson

Posted 2023-11-01

License Personal

¶Lyrics / Text

Sleep, sleep, beauty bright, Dreaming in the joys of night; Sleep, sleep; in thy sleep Little sorrows sit and weep. Sweet babe, in thy face Soft desires I can trace, Secret joys and secret smiles, Little pretty infant wiles. As thy softest limbs I feel Smiles as of the morning steal O’er thy cheek, and o’er thy breast Where thy little heart doth rest. O the cunning wiles that creep In thy little heart asleep! When thy little heart doth wake, Then the dreadful night shall break.