The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
Luke 2:20
Words: William C. Gannett, 1882. Written for a Sunday School in St. Paul, Minnesota, and published in The Thought of God, second series, 1894, as Mary’s Manger-Song.
Music: Lullaby (Geibel) Adam Geibel (🔊 pdf nwc).
Sleep, my little Jesus,
On Thy bed of hay,
While the shepherds homeward
Journey on their way.
Mother is Thy shepherd
And will her vigil keep:
Did the voices wake Thee?
O sleep, my Jesus, sleep!
Refrain
Softly sleep, sweetly sleep,
My Jesus, sleep!
Sleep, my little Jesus,
While Thou art my own!
Ox and ass Thy neighbors,
Shalt Thou have a throne?
Will they call me blessèd?
Shall I stand and weep?
Be it far, Jehovah!
O sleep, my Jesus, sleep!
Refrain
Sleep, my little Jesus,
Wonder-baby mine!
Well the singing angels
Greet Thee as divine.
Through my heart, as heaven
Low the echoes sweep
Of glory to Jehovah!
O sleep, my Jesus, sleep!
Refrain