Dormi, Jesu

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Hinshaw Music — HMC1718 (© 1999 by Oxford University Press)

Lyrics: Dormi Jesu, mater rider Quae tam dulcem somnum videt; Dormi Jesu, blandule Si non dormis, mater plorat, Inter fila cantans orat, Blande, veni somnule. Sleep, sweet baby, my cares beguiling: Mother sits beside thee smiling; Sleep, my darling, tenderly. If thou sleep not, mother mourneth, Singing as her wheel she turneth: Come, soft slumber, balmily. Late medieval carol English version by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Notes: Latin and English text; scored for SATB (with divisi) and organ; string parts are available
Submitted by: Anthony DiCello    Added: Apr 6, 2022