Christmas
Hush, My Dear, Lie Still And Slumber
- Music:
- Johann Sebastian Bach
Sheet music
- 1Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber,Holy angels guard thy bed,Holy angels guard thy bed.Heav’nly blessings without numberGently falling on thy head,Gently falling on thy head.
- 2Soft and easy is thy cradle,Coarse and hard thy Savior lay,Coarse and hard thy Savior lay,When His birthplace was a stable,And His softest bed was hay,And His softest bed was hay.Amen.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1715, the words are in 61 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.