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A Christmas Lullaby (Sleep, baby, sleep)
Staff Notation • Sacred, Christmas
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A Christmas Lullaby (Sleep, baby, sleep) by Douglas Brooks-Davies — Lyrics
Sleep, baby, sleep! The Mother sings;
Heaven's angels kneel and fold their wings:
Sleep, baby, sleep.
With swathes of scented hay Thy bed
By Mary's hand at eve was spread.
Sleep, baby, sleep.
At midnight came the shepherds, they
Whom seraphs wakened by the way.
Sleep, baby, sleep.
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About A Christmas Lullaby (Sleep, baby, sleep)
This SATB setting of A Christmas Lullaby unfolds with gentle, flowing lines, creating a serene atmosphere that perfectly captures the tender scene. The music evokes a sense of peace and wonder as the text describes Mary singing her baby to sleep. The texture builds subtly as the verses introduce the shepherds and the kings, each group arriving with their own sense of awe and devotion. The composer skillfully uses the choir to paint a picture of the Nativity, from the humble stable to the celestial praise, culminating in a rich, harmonic embrace of the central theme: 'Sleep, baby, sleep'.
