Sleep, Holy Babe

Sleep, Holy Babe

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Sleep, Holy Babe



A 19th century English Christmas hymn (Intermediate)!


Instrumentation : Piano or Organ Period/genre : Folk & Traditional
Included : One solo score Composed/published : 19th century
Edition : Urtext (ed. M.A. Caux) Skill level : Grade 5/12 : Moderate +
Movements : Christmas hymn Pages : 2




Sources : Words : Rev. Edward Caswall (1814-1878), in The Rambler, June 1850, p. 528.

Music : Rev. John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876)

Source : Bramley and Stainer, Christmas Carols New and Old, First Series (London : Novello, Ewer & Co., ca 1871). Carol no. 9.

Program Notes : This score is an Urtext reproduction of Bramley & Stainer's version of the 19th century English Christmas carol entitled Sleep, Holy Babe.

It is intended for intermediate-level piano or organ (manuals only).

Please take note that the following are editorial :

  • The time signature is editorial, as the source does not contain any


  • Measures 2 and 18 : ties were added for the sake of conformity with measures 1 and 4


  • Measure 17 : the fermata is editorial (the source contains rather a whole note followed by a half note)
For your greater enjoyment, this score includes the complete lyrics in English (4 verses).

PDF excerpt : Sleep, Holy Babe (first page)
This excerpt is in A4 paper format.
However, after purchase, you can choose between A4 and LetterUS formats.

References : Christmas Sheet Music   Bramley & Stainer Christmas Carols   Sheet Music by John B. Dykes

Associated collections :
Christmas Sheet Music for Organ (Intermediate)
Christmas Sheet Music for Piano or Organ (Intermediate)


Other beautiful CHRISTMAS SHEET MUSIC for PIANO or ORGAN (Intermediate) sheet music :
  
(Anonymous)God rest you, merry Gentlemen -- Urtext
(Anonymous)The First Nowell
(Anonymous)Good King Wenceslas -- Urtext
(Anonymous)What Child Is This?
(Anonymous)We Wish You A Merry Christmas
(Anonymous)Deck the Halls
(Anonymous)Angels We Have Heard On High
(Anonymous)Child in the Manger
(Anonymous)O Christmas Tree
(Anonymous)The Holly And The Ivy -- Urtext
ArbeauDing Dong! Merrily On High
GruberSilent Night
MendelssohnHark! The Herald Angels Sing
MurrayAway in a Manger
RednerO Little Town Of Bethlehem -- Urtext
SchulzO Come, Little Children
WadeAdeste Fideles



Sleep, Holy Babe

1. Sleep! Holy Babe! upon Thy Mother's breast
Great Lord of earth and sea and sky
How sweet it is to see Thee lie
In such a place of rest,
In such a place of rest.

2. Sleep! Holy Babe! thine angels watch around
All bending low with folded wings
Before the Incarnate King of kings,
In reverent awe profound,
In reverent awe profound.

3. Sleep! Holy Babe! while I with Mary gaze
In joy upon that Face awhile,
Upon the loving infant smile
Which there Divinely plays,
Which there Divinely plays.

4. Sleep! Holy Babe! ah! take Thy brief repose;
Too quickly will Thy slumbers break,
And Thou to lengthened pains awake
That death alone shall close,
That death alone shall close.



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