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==General Information==
==General Information==
{{Title|The Virgin's Cradle Hymn}}
{{Title|The Virgin's cradle hymn}}
{{Composer|David Greenwood}}
{{Composer|David Greenwood}}
{{Lyricist|Samuel Taylor Coleridge}}<br>
{{Lyricist|Samuel Taylor Coleridge}}<br>
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{{Text|English|
{{Text|English|
Sleep, sweet babe! my cares beguiling;
Sleep, sweet babe! my cares beguiling;
  Mother sits beside thee smiling;  
  Mother sits beside thee smiling;
Sleep, my darling, tenderly!  
Sleep, my darling, tenderly!


If thou sleep not, mother mourneth,  
If thou sleep not, mother mourneth,
Singing as her wheel she turneth:  
Singing as her wheel she turneth:
Come, soft slumber, balmily!}}
Come, soft slumber, balmily!}}


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Editor: David Greenwood (submitted 2024-05-07).   Score information: Octavo, 3 pages, 52 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: The Virgin's cradle hymn
Composer: David Greenwood
Lyricist: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SacredCarol

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 2022
Description: Mainly SATB but with some divisi.

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Original text and translations

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Sleep, sweet babe! my cares beguiling;
 Mother sits beside thee smiling;
Sleep, my darling, tenderly!

If thou sleep not, mother mourneth,
Singing as her wheel she turneth:
Come, soft slumber, balmily!