The Hymnal for Boys and Girls ‎#172

172. Sleep, Sweet Babe! (The Virgin's Lullaby or (Cradle Hymn))

Sleep, sweet babe! my cares beguiling;
Mother sits beside thee smiling,
Sleep, my darling, tenderly!
Sleep, my darling, tenderly!
If thou sleep not, mother mourneth,
Singing as her wheel she turneth:
Come, soft slumber balmily.
come, soft slumber balmily.

Text Information

• First Line: Sleep, sweet babe! my cares beguiling
• Title: Sleep, Sweet Babe! (The Virgin's Lullaby or (Cradle Hymn))
• Author: Samuel Taylor Colerdige
• Meter: 8.7.8.7
• Publication Date: 1936

Tune Information

• Name: ITHACA
• Composer: David Hugh Jones
• Meter: 8.7.8.7
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Copyright 1935 by D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc.