Male Voice Choir: Words
Verse 1 (Low voices):
Still, still, still,
The child's eyes softly close.
And Mary, breathless,
Draws him, weeping,
To her heard made pure for keeping.
Still, still, still,
His bright eyes softly close.
Verse 2 (High voices):
Sing, sing, sing,
He hears and sweetly smiles.
And kneeling, Joseph joins in chorus
With the angels bending o'er us.
Sing, sing, sing,
He hears and sweetly smiles.
Verse 3 (Low voices, tune)
Sleep, sleep, sleep,
He breathes a tender sigh,
For soon he'll wake the world from slumber,
Bringing life and endless wonder,
Sleep, sleep, sleep,
He breathes a tender sigh.
Verse 3 (High voices, descent)
Sleep, sleep, O sleep,
He breathes a sigh,
For soon he'll wake
rom slumber,
Bringing life and endless wonder,
Sleep, sleep, O sleep,
He breathes a tender sigh.
Ending (all voices):
Sleep, Holy Jesus, sleep, sleep, sleep.
Still, still, still,
The child's eyes softly close.
And Mary, breathless,
Draws him, weeping,
To her heard made pure for keeping.
Still, still, still,
His bright eyes softly close.
Verse 2 (High voices):
Sing, sing, sing,
He hears and sweetly smiles.
And kneeling, Joseph joins in chorus
With the angels bending o'er us.
Sing, sing, sing,
He hears and sweetly smiles.
Verse 3 (Low voices, tune)
Sleep, sleep, sleep,
He breathes a tender sigh,
For soon he'll wake the world from slumber,
Bringing life and endless wonder,
Sleep, sleep, sleep,
He breathes a tender sigh.
Verse 3 (High voices, descent)
Sleep, sleep, O sleep,
He breathes a sigh,
For soon he'll wake
rom slumber,
Bringing life and endless wonder,
Sleep, sleep, O sleep,
He breathes a tender sigh.
Ending (all voices):
Sleep, Holy Jesus, sleep, sleep, sleep.