Sleep, Baby, Sleep (I)

DESCRIPTION: "Sleep, baby, sleep, Thy father guards the sheep, Thy mother shakes the dreamland tree, And from it fall sweet dreams for thee; Sleep, baby, sleep, Sleep, baby, sleep." The moon is the shepherd, the stars sheep. The Lamb, she Savior, loves the sheep
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1909 (Heart-Songs)
KEYWORDS: religious baby nonballad sheep
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Heart-Songs, p. 323, "Cradle Song" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #V42405
NOTES [40 words]: It's not clear that this is traditional, but there are just enough hints that I've indexed it.
Jesus as the True Shepherd is an analogy to John 10. Jesus is the Lamb of God in John 1:29 and repeatedly in the Apocalypse (e.g. Rev. 5:6). - RBW
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File: HeSo323

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