Sleep, ba­by, sleep!
Thy fa­ther guards the sheep,
Thy mo­ther shakes the dream­land tree,
And from it fall sweet dreams for thee;
Sleep, ba­by, sleep!
Sleep, ba­by, sleep!

Sleep, ba­by, sleep!
The large stars are the sheep,
The lit­tle ones the lambs, I guess,
The gen­tle moon the shep­herd­ess,
Sleep, ba­by, sleep!
Sleep, ba­by, sleep!

Sleep, ba­by, sleep!
Our Sav­ior loves His sheep,
He is the Lamb of God on high,
Who for our sakes came down to die,
Sleep, ba­by, sleep!
Sleep, ba­by, sleep!