The Child's Own Music Book/Sleep, Sleep, My Darling

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edited by Albert Ernest Wier

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SLEEP, SLEEP, MY DARLING
(French Lullaby)

${ \time 2/4 \key f \major \tempo "Andante" << \relative f' { <f a>4 q8 q | <e g>( <f a> f4) | << { g g8.^\< g16\! | a2 } \\ { f8[ e d c] | f[^\> c\!( f a)] } >> <f c'>4 q8 q | << { <f bes>( <e c'> a4) | g^$ g8.\! g16^\> | <f c a>2\! } \\ { s4 f8 c | bes[ d <e bes> c] } >> <f c'>4^\p q8 q | << { bes4( a) } \\ { d,8[ e f c] } >> <c g'>4 q8^\cresc g'\! | <a f c>2 | <f a>4 q8 q | << { g4^\dim( f)\! | g g8 g } \\ { g e e d | bes[ d <bes e> c] } >> <a c f>2^\p | <f' a>4^\p q8 q | <e g>4\( <f c'> | <f bes>^\markup { \smaller \italic "dim. e rit." } <e a>8 g$ | <f c>4. r8 \bar "|." } \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \set stanza = #"1. " Sleep,4 sleep,8 my, dar - ling,4 sleep peace8 -16 "ful -" ly,2 Mo8 - ther is watch - ing,4 pray8 - ing8. for16 thee.2 May4 "ho -"8 ly an - gels;4 on wings8 of light,2 Bring4 to8 my ba - by,4 dreams fair8 and bright.2 Do8 - do, my dar - ling,4 peace8 - ful16 - ly8 sleep.4 } \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \set stanza = #"2. " Sleep,4 sleep,8 my, dar - ling,4 sleep peace8 -16 "ful -" ly,2 Thy4 heav'n16 - ly8 Fa - ther,4 car8 - eth for thee.2 In4 thy8 soft cra - dle,4 peace8 - ful16 - ly8 sleep,2 While4 thou8 dost slum - ber,4 watch He8 will keep.2 Do8 - do, my dar - ling,4 peace8 - ful16 - ly8 sleep.4 } \new Staff { \clef bass \key f \major \relative f, { f8[( c' f c]) | f,[( c' <f a> c]) | c4( c,) | f( c') | a'8( c) a4 | g8( c, f4) | <f f,>4( c) | f,8[( c' f a]) | a8( c) a4 | <g c> q | << { bes bes } \\ { e,8[( d e c]) } >> <f a>[ c( f c]) | f,[( c' f c]) | <cis a'>4 <d a'> | <d g,> c | f,8[( c' f c]) | <f c'>4 c' | <c bes> <c a> | <d g,> << { c8( bes) } \\ { c,4 } >> <f a>8( c[ f,)] r } } >> }$