Sleep, Lord Jesus! Mary smiling
Words: Michael Perry
Music: DORMI JESU (Tom Cunningham)
Arrangement:
1 Sleep, Lord Jesus! Mary smiling
on her infant so beguiling
sings a joyful lullaby.
2 Sleep, Lord Jesus! Mary grieving
at the fate our sin is weaving
sings a solemn lullaby.
3 Sleep, Lord Jesus! Mary dreaming
of this fallen world's redeeming
sings a holy lullaby.
Sleep, Lord Jesus, Lullaby!
Dormi Jesu! Mater ridet. Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1805 - 1808), tr. Michael Perry (1942 - 1996)
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