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Text:Sleep, baby, sleep!
Author:Ferdinand F. Buermeyer
Tune:SCHLAF, KINDLEIN, SCHLAF
Composer:Louise Reichardt (1780-1826)

570. Sleep, baby, sleep!

1 Sleep, baby, sleep!
Thy mother watch doth keep
With love that knows no weariness,
Untiring in its tenderness.
Sleep, baby, sleep!

2 Sleep, baby, sleep!
The angels watch will keep,
And whisper as they hover nigh
Of heavenly love beyond the sky.
Sleep, baby, sleep!

3 Sleep, baby, sleep!
God grant thee slumbers deep;
And peacefully as dews of heaven
Lie cradled in the flowers at even,
Sleep, baby, sleep!

4 Sleep, baby, sleep!
No weary watch we'll keep:
When Jesus calls us to His breast,
There sweetly we'll together rest,
Sleep, baby, sleep!

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Sleep, baby, sleep!
Author: Ferdinand F. Buermeyer (1876)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1917
Topic: Hymns for Children
Tune Information
Name: SCHLAF, KINDLEIN, SCHLAF
Composer: Louise Reichardt (1780-1826)
Meter: 4 6, 8 8, 4
Key: F Major



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