Sleep, My Little Jesus - 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?

O sleep, my Jesus, sleep!

Softly sleep, sweetly sleep,

My Jesus, sleep!

Sleep, my little Jesus,

While Thou art my own!

Ox and ass Thy neighbors,

Shalt Thou have a throne?

Will they call me bless?

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Shall I stand and weep?

Be it far, Jehovah!

O sleep, my Jesus, sleep!

Sleep, my little Jesus,

Wonder-baby mine!

Well the singing angels

Greet Thee as divine.

Through my heart, as heaven

Low the echoes sweep

Of glory to Jehovah!

O sleep, my Jesus, sleep!