Rocking (Volkslieder (Folksongs), set by J. La Montaine) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Little Jesus, sweetly sleep, 
Do not stir; 
We will lend a coat of fur,
We will rock you, rock you, rock you:
See the fur to keep you warm,
Snugly round your tiny form, tiny form.

Mary's little baby, sleep,
Sweetly sleep,
Sleep in comfort, slumber deep; 
We will rock you, rock you, rock you:
We will serve you all we can,
Darling, darling little man, little man. 

We will rock you we will rock you.
Ah, sleep!

Input by Sanna Mansikkaniemi

Authorship

Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

John La Montaine (1920-)

Songs of the Nativity

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