The Cyber Hymnal ‎#16045

16045. Slumber Song

1 Sleep, baby, sleep! Sleep, dar­ling, sleep!
Gently close thy laugh­ing eye,
Night is droop­ing from the sky,
Sleep, baby, sleep! Sleep, darling, sleep!

2 Sleep, baby, sleep! Sleep, dar­ling, sleep!
Birds within their shel­tered nest
Now are seek­ing downy rest;
Sleep, baby, sleep! Sleep, dar­ling, sleep!

3 Sleep, baby, sleep! Sleep, dar­ling, sleep!
Flocks are si­lent in the field,
Roving winds to slum­ber yield;
Sleep, baby, sleep! Sleep, dar­ling, sleep!

4 Sleep, baby, sleep! Sleep, dar­ling, sleep!
One there is who watch­es still,
He will guard thy life from ill;
Sleep, baby, sleep! Sleep, darl­ing, sleep!

Text Information

• First Line: Sleep, baby, sleep! Sleep, dar­ling, sleep!
• Title: Slumber Song
• Author: Anonymous
• Language: English
• Source: Great Revival Hymns by Homer Rodeheaver, Bentley Ackley, William E. Biederwolf and John B. Herbert (Chicago: Hope Publishing Company, 1911)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Sleep, baby, sleep! Sleep, dar­ling, sleep!]
• Composer: Francis Lee Robertshaw
• Key: F Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain