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Text:Sing lullaby!
Author:S. Baring-Gould (1834-1924)
Tune:THE INFANT KING
Arranger:C. E. Pettman (1866-1943)

92. Sing lullaby!

1 Sing lullaby!
lullaby baby, now reclining:
sing lullaby!
Hush, do not wake the infant king;
angels are watching, stars are shining
over the place where he is lying:
sing lullaby.

2 Sing lullaby!
lullaby baby, sweetly sleeping:
sing lullaby!
Hush, do not wake the infant king;
soon will come sorrow with the morning,
soon will come bitter grief and weeping:
sing lullaby!

3 Sing lullaby!
lullaby baby, gently dozing:
sing lullaby!
Hush, do not wake the infant king;
soon comes the cross, the nails,, the piercing,
then in the grave at last reposing:
sing lullaby!

4 Sing lullaby!
lullaby! Is the baby waking?
sing lullaby!
Hush, do not stir the infant king,
dreaming of Easter, joyful morning,
conquering death, its bondage breaking:
sing lullaby!

Text Information
First Line: Sing lullaby!
Author: S. Baring-Gould (1834-1924)
Meter: 4 9 4 8 9 9 4
Language: English
Publication Date: 1987
Topic: God, Saviour: Born (Christmas Seasonal); Christmas 1: The Incarnation
Tune Information
Name: THE INFANT KING
Arranger: C. E. Pettman (1866-1943)
Meter: 4 9 4 8 9 9 4
Key: F Major
Source: possibly from an old Basque noël
Copyright: arr. © 1984 H. Freeman and Co., EMI Music Publishing Ltd and International Music Publications



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