SLEEP, MY LITTLE JESUS
(Traditional)

Ella Fitzgerald


Sleep my little Jesus on thy bed of hay
While the shepherds homeward journey on their way
Mother is thy shepherd and will her vigil keep
Did the voices wake thee, oh, sleep my Jesus, sleep
Softly sleep, sweetly sleep my Jesus, sleep

Sleep my little Jesus, wonder baby mine
Well the singing angels greet thee as divine
Though my heart has heaven, though the echo sweet
Of glory to Jehovah, oh, sleep my Jesus, sleep
Softly sleep, sweetly sleep my Jesus, sleep


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2005)