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Text:Sleep, my Savior, sleep
Author:Sabine Baring-Gould
Tune:[Sleep, my Savior, sleep]
Arranger:R. F. Smith
Composer:Richard Chope
Media:MIDI file

9039. Sleep, my Savior, sleep

1 Sleep, my Savior, sleep,
On Thy bed of hay,
Angels in the spangled heaven
Sing their gladsome Christmas carols
Till the dawn of day.

2 Sleep, my Savior, sleep
On Thy bed of hay,
Ere the mourning angel cometh
To the moonlit olive garden
Wiping tears away.

3 Sleep, my Savior, sleep
Sweet on Mary’s breast,
Now the shepherds kneel adoring,
Now the mother’s heart is joyous,
Take a happy rest.

4 Sleep, my Savior, sleep
Sweet on Mary’s breast.
Crucified, with wounds and bruises,
Bleeding, purple, stained, disfigured,
One day Thou wilt rest.

Text Information
First Line: Sleep, my Savior, sleep
Title: Sleep, my Savior, sleep
Author: Sabine Baring-Gould (1894)
Language: English
Source: Carols for Use in Church (London: William Clowes & Sons, Limited, 1894), number 23
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Sleep, my Savior, sleep]
Composer: Richard Chope
Arranger: R. F. Smith (1894)
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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