Sleep Little Baby (Holy Innocents) (Geoff Allan)
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- (Posted 2020-10-29) CPDL #61075:
- Editor: Geoff Allan (submitted 2020-10-29). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 122 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: A capella carol for experienced choirs. The words are the poem "Holy Innocents" by Christina Rossetti (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Rossetti). If you decide to sing this, please send me a recording or an invitation. I hope you enjoy it.
General Information
Title: Sleep Little Baby (Holy Innocents)
Composer: Geoff Allan
Lyricist: Christina Rossetti
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carol, Christmas
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 2020
Description: A capella carol for experienced choirs. The words are the poem "Holy Innocents" by Christina Rossetti (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Rossetti). If you decide to sing this please send me a recording or an invitation. I hope you enjoy it.
External websites:
- https://youtu.be/bTREmNER4nY Video with the score and sung by sampled choir 'Voices of Prague'
Original text and translations
English text
Sleep, little baby, sleep;
The holy Angels love thee,
And guard thy bed, and keep
A blessed watch above thee.
No spirit can come near
Nor evil beast to harm thee:
Sleep, Sweet, devoid of fear
Where nothing need alarm thee.
(Sleep, little baby, sleep;)
The Love which doth not sleep,
The'eternal Arms surround thee:
The Shepherd of the sheep
In perfect love hath found thee.
Sleep through the holy night,
Christkept from snare and sorrow,
Until thou wake to light
And love and warmth tomorrow.
(Sleep, little baby, sleep.)