Sing for Joy ‎#6

6. Baby Jesus

1 On a bed of sweet, new hay,
In a stable far away,
Little Baby Jesus lay fast asleep.

2 And His mother, watching there,
Softly sang a thank-you prayer,
Little Baby Jesus lay fast asleep.

Text Information

• First Line: On a bed of sweet, new hay
• Title: Baby Jesus
• Author: Elizabeth McE. Shields (alt.)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1961
• Topic: Christmas; Jesus Christ: His Birth

Tune Information

• Name: [On a bed of sweet, new hay]
• Composer: W. Lawrence Curry
• Key: G Major or modal
• Source: When the Little Child Wants to Sing
• Copyright: © 1935 by the Presbyterian Board of Christian Education