I have used a bit of Mozart for this lullaby which Mary might have sung for her new baby.

 

Mary’s Lullaby

 

1

Sleep, baby Jesus

Precious and new

Old faithful donkey

Gazes at you

Daddy smiles, you are safe here

Sleep all night through.

2

Sleep, baby Jesus

Shepherds have gone

Yet angel voices

Still linger on

All the starry heavens echo

With joyful song.

3

Sleep, baby Jesus

Stars shining in the sky

Fade in the east now

As dawn draws nigh

In God’s love we shelter, Daddy,

Baby and I.

 

Here is the sheet music:

sleep-baby-jesus-sheet-music

And my parents singing it with me on piano.

For anyone who wants to sing something French this Christmas, here is my translation of the traditional French carol, Il est Né.

He is Born

Chorus

He is born , the holy one

Pipes and horns, play songs of greeting

He is born, the holy one

All rejoice now he has come.

1

For so many thousand years

Ancient prophets have foretold him

For so many thousand years

We have waited to see him here

(chorus)

2

And his bed is a pile of straw

In a manger, in a stable

And his bed is a pile of straw

God has come among the poor

(chorus)

3

He is beautiful, sweet and mild

He is purity and perfection

He is beautiful sweet and mild

Full of grace, our holy child.

(chorus)

4

Mighty Jesus, eternal Lord

Now a tiny little baby

Mighty Jesus, eternal Lord

Rule our hearts for evermore.

(chorus)

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Here is the sheet music:

He is Born