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Sleep, my little Jesus |
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On Thy bed of hay |
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While the shepherds homeward |
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Journey on their way |
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Mother is Thy shepherd |
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And will her vigil keep |
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Did the voices wake Thee? |
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Oh sleep, my Jesus, sleep! |
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Softly sleep, sweetly sleep |
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My Jesus, sleep! |
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Sleep, my little Jesus |
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While Thou art my own! |
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Ox and ass Thy neighbors |
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Shalt Thou have a throne? |
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Will they call me blessed? |
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Shall I stand and weep? |
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Be it far, Jehovah! |
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Oh sleep, my Jesus, sleep! |
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Softly sleep, sweetly sleep |
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My Jesus, sleep! |
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Sleep, my little Jesus |
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Wonder-baby mine! |
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Well the singing angels |
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Greet Thee as divine |
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Through my heart, as heaven |
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Low the echoes sweep |
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Of glory to Jehovah! |
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Oh sleep, my Jesus, sleep! |
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Softly sleep, sweetly sleep |
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My Jesus, sleep! |
