Sleep, Jesus. Your mother she smiles:
It is such a sweet sleep she watches,
Sleep, Jesus, Jesus, sleep, gentle.
Sleep, Jesus, Jesus, sleep, sleep so gently Jesus.
Sleep, Jesus, Jesus, sleep, sleep so gently Jesus.
If you are not sleeping, (your) mother cries
Among the praises that she sings, she prays,
Quietly, go on sweetly to sleep.
Sleep, Jesus, Jesus, sleep, so gently.
Sleep, Jesus, Jesus, sleep, sleep so gently Jesus.
Sleep, Jesus, Jesus, sleep, sleep so gently Jesus.
Sleep, sweet baby. My cares beguiling:
Mother sits beside thee smiling;
Sleep, my darling, sleep my darling tenderly!
Sleep, Jesus, Jesus, sleep, so gently.
Sleep, Jesus, Jesus, sleep, sleep so gently Jesus.
Sleep, Jesus, Jesus, sleep, sleep so gently Jesus.
Sleep, sleep Jesus