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Sleep, My Little Jesus Paroles

Ella Fitzgerald

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Paroles de Sleep, My Little Jesus

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!

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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 blessèd?
Shall I stand and weep?
Be it far, Jehovah!
O sleep, my Jesus, sleep!

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Sleep, my little Jesus, Low the echoes sweep
Of glory to Jehovah!
O sleep, my Jesus, sleep!

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