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Text:Now All the Woods Are Sleeping
Author:Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676)
Translator:Catherine Winkworth (1829-1878)
Tune:INNSBRUCK
Arranger:J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Composer (attributed to):Heinrich Isaak (c.1450-c.1527)

57. Now All the Woods Are Sleeping

1 Now all the woods are sleeping,
And night and stillness creeping
O’er city, man, and beast;
But thou, my heart, awake thee,
To pray’r awhile be take thee,
And praise thy Maker ere thou rest.

2 My Jesus, stay Thou by me,
And let no foe come nigh me,
Safe sheltered by Thy wing;
But would the foe alarm me,
O let him never harm me,
But still Thine angels round me sing!

3 My loved ones, rest securely,
From every peril surely
Our God will guard your heads;
And happy slumbers send you,
And bid His hosts attend you,
And golden armed watch o’er your beds.

Text Information
First Line: Now all the woods are sleeping
Title: Now All the Woods Are Sleeping
Author: Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676)
Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1829-1878)
Meter: 7.7.6.7.7.8.
Publication Date: 1985
Scripture:
Topic: Worship: Evening Worship
Tune Information
Name: INNSBRUCK
Composer (attributed to): Heinrich Isaak (c.1450-c.1527)
Arranger: J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Meter: 7.7.6.7.7.8.
Incipit: 32123 54334 5523
Key: F Major or modal



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