Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

Now I lay me down to sleep.
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
If I should die before I wake,
I pray the Lord my soul to take.

Guard me while I sleep tonight;
And wake me safe at dawn's first light,
For now I lay me down to sleep.
Dear Lord, it's you my soul doth keep.

God, bless out Mum,
Bless Dad too.
God help me to be true to you.

Submitted by Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Authorship

• by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, written 18th cent. [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Gary Bachlund , "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep", 2005 [mezzo-soprano and piano], from Nursery Rhymes and Children's Prayers, no. 8. [
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Text added to the website: 2007-05-02.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:21
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