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Hush You My Baby - Brendon Sensenig

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Hush You My Baby Music: Brendon Sensenig Lyrics: Timothy Dudley-Smith Cantate Domino Ensemble www.cantatedomino.net Lyrics: Hush you, my baby the night wind is cold, The lambs from the hillside are safe in the fold. Sleep with the starlight and wake with the morn, The Lord of all glory a baby is born. Hush you, my baby, so soon to be grown, Watching by moonlight on mountains alone, Toiling and trav‘ling, so sleep while you can, Till the Lord of all glory is seen as a man. Hush you, my baby, the years will not stay; The cross on the hilltop the end of the way. Dim through the darkness, in grief and in gloom, The Lord of all glory lies cold in a tomb. Hush you, my baby, the Father on high In pow’r and dominion the darkness puts by; Bright from the shadows, the seal and the stone, The Lord of all glory returns to his own. Hush you, my baby, the sky turns to gold; The lambs on the hillside are loose from the fold; Fast fades the midnight and new springs the morn, For the Lord of all glory a Savior is born.
The Historic Faith · Hymn Companion

Hush You My Baby

Words by Timothy Dudley-SmithMusic by Brendon Sensenig

Hush you, my baby the night wind is cold,
The lambs from the hillside are safe in the fold.
Sleep with the starlight and wake with the morn,
The Lord of all glory a baby is born.

Hush you, my baby, so soon to be grown,
Watching by moonlight on mountains alone,
Toiling and trav‘ling, so sleep while you can,
Till the Lord of all glory is seen as a man.

Hush you, my baby, the years will not stay;
The cross on the hilltop the end of the way.
Dim through the darkness, in grief and in gloom,
The Lord of all glory lies cold in a tomb.

Hush you, my baby, the Father on high
In pow’r and dominion the darkness puts by;
Bright from the shadows, the seal and the stone,
The Lord of all glory returns to his own.

Hush you, my baby, the sky turns to gold;
The lambs on the hillside are loose from the fold;
Fast fades the midnight and new springs the morn,
For the Lord of all glory a Savior is born.

Story Behind the Song

This Christmas text is by Timothy Dudley-Smith, the English hymn writer and bishop known for many late twentieth-century hymn texts. The poem frames the nativity as a lullaby while moving through Christ’s life, crucifixion, burial, and resurrection. The setting identified here is by Brendon Sensenig, but the date of composition and any standard hymnal tune assignment are not confidently established.