Translation by Elizabeth Prentiss
Cradle song See base text
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Sleep, baby, sleep!
Thy father's watching the sheep,
Thy mother's shaking the dreamland tree,
And down drops a little dream for thee.
Sleep, baby, sleep.
Sleep, baby, sleep!
The large stars are the sheep,
The little stars are lambs, I guess,
The bright moon is the shepherdess.
Sleep, baby, sleep!
Sleep, baby, sleep!
The Saviour loves his sheep;
He is the Lamb of God on high,
Who for our sakes came down to die.
Sleep, baby, sleep!
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Composition:
- Set to music by Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin (1862 - 1901), "Cradle song", 1887, stanzas 1-3 [ voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Elizabeth Prentiss [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Morgenlied von den Schäfchen", appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2012-04-14
Line count: 20
Word count: 102