Cradle song of the Blessed Virgin (Joseph Barnby)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-01-10). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 91 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: Cradle song of the Blessed Virgin
Composer: Joseph Barnby
Lyricist: Angela Goetze
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carol
Language: English
Instruments: Organ
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Description: The third part of Barnby's carol anthem, The First Christmas.
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Original text and translations
English text
Sleep, my babe, and o'er Thee
Angels vigil keep,
Silent, they adore Thee,
Sleep, my baby, sleep;
Jesu, sleep, Thy mother
Holds Thee in her arm,
May the love she bears Thee
Shield Thee safe from harm.
Sleep, my babe, still dreaming
Of Thy home above,
Whence Thou cam'st to save us,
By Thy Father's love.
Earthly pomp may tempt Thee,
Earthly sin assail,
But the tempter's legions
Shall in terror quail.
Thou shalt suffer torment,
Thou Thy life shall give,
Thou shalt die for sinners,
That the sinners live.
Jesu. Thou shalt triumph,
Glorious Thou shalt rise,
Thou shalt come to judge us,
Throned in the skies.
Sleep, my babe, and o'er Thee
Angels vigil keep,
Silent, they adore Thee,
Sleep, my baby, sleep.