Shepherd's cradle song

Sleep, baby, sleep,

Thy father guards his sheep,

Thy mother shakes the dreamland tree,

Down falls a little dream for thee,

Sleep, baby sleep.

Sleep, baby, sleep,

The large stars are the sheep,

The little stars are lambs, I guess,

The gentle moon the shepherdess,

Sleep, baby sleep.

Sleep, baby, sleep,

Away, to tend thy sheep,

Away, thou sheep dog, fierce and wild,

And do not harm my sleeping child;

Sleep, baby, sleep.

Sleep, baby, sleep,

Our Saviour loves his sheep,

He is the Lamb of God on high,

Who for our sakes came down to die,

Sleep, baby sleep.