Words: Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!, Rev. Joseph Mohr, 1816
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Source: Rev. Charles Lewis Hutchins, Carols Old and Carols New (Boston: Parish Choir, 1916), Carol 419
1. Silent night! hallow'd night!
Earth is hushed, Heav'n a-light!
Angels throng the starlit air,
Whisp'ring round the Child so fair:
"Sleep, sleep, O Baby King!
Sleep," they softly sing.
2. All is still, Jesus sleeps;
Holy watch Joseph keeps;
Mary bends His Face to see,
Murm'ring low her lullaby;
"Sleep, sleep, my Babe Divine!
Sleep, God's Son and mine!"
3. Blissful night, prophesied;
angel-Hosts glorified,
Wondrous news to shepherds tell!
Heavenly harps their chorus swell!
"Peace!" a Seraph sings,
"Peace the Saviour brings."
4. Gather round, people dear!
Young and old, gather near!
Though are closed those Eyes so sweet,
Lo! His Heart doth watchful beat;
Sleep then, Jesus dear!
Sleep, my heart doth hear!
According to Ian Bradley, a version with the same title appeared in the Christian Hymn Book, 1965. The Penguin Book of Carols (London: Penguin Books, 1999). A different version with the same name was recorded by the Haydn Quartet in 1905 (Victor 4511), available from The Dawn Of Sound. Another version was recorded by Olive Fremstad, Soprano, 3/30/11.
