Sleep! Holy Babe - Dykes, John Bacchus

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⌛ Period → Romantic

◈ Genre / Form Carols

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Intermediate (Grade 3-4)

¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments Organ

Pages 3

CPDL # 84132

Editor Douglas Walczak

Posted 2025-03-08

License Personal

¶Lyrics / Text

1. 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. 2. Sleep, Holly Babe, Thine Angels watch around; All bending low with folded wings Before th'Incarnate King of Kings, In rev'rent awe profound. 3. Sleep, Holy Babe, While I with Mary's gaze; In joy upon that Face awhile, Upon the loving Infant smile, Which there divinely plays. 4. 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.

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