Slumber Song

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Sleep, baby, sleep, Sleep, darling, sleep

Author: Anonymous
Tune: [Sleep, baby, sleep] (Robertshaw)
Published in 2 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Sleep, baby, sleep!
Sleep, darling, sleep!
Gently close thy laughing eye,
Night is dropping 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!

Source: Great Revival Hymns #159

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Author: Anonymous

In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries. Go to person page >

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