Sleep Holy Babe (Traditional)
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- (Posted 2023-04-22) CPDL #73556:
- • with Accompaniment
- • (SATB Version)
- MP3 Practice Files: Soprano: Alto: Tenor: Bass:
- Editor: William Chimiak (submitted 2023-04-22). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 50 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Accompaniment is hidden but can be made visible in .mscz and .mxl files.
General Information
Title: Sleep Holy Babe
Composer: Anonymous (Traditional)
Lyricist: Edward Caswall
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
First published: 1920 in The St. Gregory Hymnal, no. 14
Description: Arranged by Nicola Montani for the St. Gregory Hymnal (#14).
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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.