Cradle Hymns

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Cramer, Benjamin Cradle Hymns--SATB Choir

Benjamin M. Cramer

Cradle Hymns for SATB Choir

Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head.

The stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay, The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.

The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes, But little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes.

I love thee, Lord Jesus! look down from the sky, And stay by my cradle till morning is nigh.

Be near me, Lord Jesus; I ask thee to stay Close by me forever, and love me I pray.

Bless all the dear children in thy tender care, And take us to heaven to live with thee there. ~Martin Luther d. 1546

Lovingly dedicated to Henrik Philip Tjossem, born 29 November 2018 Hazel Lynn Burdine, born 13 December 2018 and Helen Harper Mahaffey, born 14 December 2018

Cradle Hymns for SATB choir Martin Luther

Soprano

James Ramsey Murray, d. 1834 William James Kirkpatrick, d.1921 arr. Benjamin M. Cramer

Gentle q = c. 66 3   4    Oo.

Alto

   43 

Oo.

Tenor

 3   4 

Oo.

Bass

  3  4

Oo.

Optional

3   4  

3  4 

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1

 

2

 

3

 









 















  4

 

5

 

 6





   

  

 

  



  

 



 



 

A - way in a

 

A - way in a





  

A - way in a

 

  

A - way in a

 



man - ger, no

man - ger, no

7

8

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Copyright © 2018 Benj Cramer Publications (ASCAP)

 



 

  

 

man - ger, no



 



crib for a



man - ger, no

   

crib for a



crib for a

crib for a

 

  9

Cradle Hymns

 

   The





lit - tle Lord

 









 







lit - tle Lord

 

bed,

bed, The

bed, The

 

bed, The

   

   

10

 

Je - sus

 

lit - tle Lord

Je - sus



 





 

lit - tle Lord

 



Je - sus laid







   

 

Je - sus laid





 



  

  





 





 







 

 

 

down where He

down where He

down where He

  

down where He

   

    

   17

 



 

   

11

12

laid

laid

























 





down His sweet

down His sweet

down His sweet

down His sweet



  



13











 









 









 





 

 

 

 







 

head. The stars in

head. The stars in

head. The stars in

 

14





   



Je - sus a - sleep on the



 



lit - tle Lord

 

   



lay,

lay,

The

The

lay,

lay,

lit - tle Lord

lit - tle Lord



  

lit - tle Lord

   18



  

 

19

   

    





  



  











     

 

 

 

Je - sus a - sleep on the

Je - sus a - sleep on the

Je - sus a - sleep on the

              20

4

  

 

21

  



 



15

 

































bright sky

the

looked

bright sky

the

looked

bright sky looked

head. The stars in the

   



the



bright sky looked

 

  





 16

A





    



 





  





 





  









  











 

hay. The cat - tle

 

are

hay. The cat - tle are

 

hay. The cat - tle are

 



hay. The cat - tle are

 



low - ing, the

low - ing, the

low - ing, the

A



 

low - ing, the

 22





  

23

  

 



24



Cradle Hymns

   



  But

 



lit - tle Lord

Je - sus no

   





 



lit - tle Lord

Je - sus no

   



 



      

lit - tle Lord

  

Je - sus no

cry - ing He



   

  

 



     

Je - sus no

  

     



 

 

  

ba - by a - wakes,

ba - by a - wakes, But

ba - by a - wakes,



ba - by a - wakes,

    

 

  

25

lit - tle Lord

  

26



27

 



 



the

sky,

 









  

 

 

the

sky,

  

 





down from

down from

down from



down from

    



the



the

 33



      

   

28







makes. I

cry - ing He makes. I

  

cry - ing He

 

 









 



makes. I

makes. I

   













till







 

 

 

 

29

 

  And

stay

by

my

cra - dle



 



stay



by



my

cra - dle

sky,



stay



by



my

 

 

stay

 

by



my





 

  

And

   34

  







sky,



  

cry - ing He





35

 

5

cra - dle

cra - dle

  



30





  Lord

 

Je - sus!









  Lord

 

Je - sus!









  Lord

 



Je - sus! Look

 

 

 

 













love Thee,

love Thee,

love Thee,

love Thee, Lord

  



31

  till

morn - ing



morn - ing

till

 

till

  36



















is





   

nigh.





 

 

 

is

 

nigh.







 



37





Oo.



is

nigh.

  

32

nigh.

is

morn - ing









morn - ing

Look

Je - sus! Look





Look

 

 38

Cradle Hymns B

  



(Oo.)





 



 





Oo.



Oo.







Oo.

  





 

 





 

 

 



 







  

  

 

39



41

crib

for



a

bed,

The

lit













crib

for

 

crib

   

  

a

  

crib



40

for a







 





44







laid

  

 Je





43

Je - sus

tle Lord

in a



a







 



in



man





 



 









lit



bed,



The





lit - tle



Lord





Je - sus

laid







 

 

 

laid



down



His

sweet



 









for

a

bed,



The

lit - tle









 

 

48



 

Lord

Je - sus

   

  

49

6



50







His

down

 

sweet

  

His sweet





 

51





sweet

down

ger, No

No

His

laid

-

  





down

ger, No

man - ger,

   



-

man - ger,

a

45

  



The



- sus

  

in

 



man



A - way



in a



bed,



47

 



  



A - way



tle Lord

-

 



  

-



 

42



  

 

 

A - way



 

 



   

 



A - way



B

   

 





No

    

46





The





The





The





head.

head.

head.

head.

The



 

52



Cradle Hymns



sky

  

  



  











  

in the

  

  

stars

stars

 

in the



stars in



 



  



53

C

  

cat

  

cat

 

   



  

tle are





cat - tle

C

  



-





54



are



are

    61







  

cat - tle

   

  

low













lay,





lay,





looked down where he

tle are



 



-

 

lay,



looked down where he

sky

   



looked down where he

 

the



looked down where he

sky



stars in

    

the

sky



low







 

55

lay,



 

  

 

Je - sus





  

 

a - sleep on



 



The lit - tle Lord

The lit - tle Lord



ing, the

poor

ba

-

  







ba







the

poor









ba





low - ing,

   



the

   62

 



poor

 

     

56

-

low - ing,

 





poor

Lord



The lit - tle

  

ing, the



The lit - tle

 







-

by

-



by

  

ba - by



 

-

by



  

63

7



Lord

    57

Je - sus







a - sleep on







the



  



hay. The



hay. The



  





      58





wakes,

But

lit





lit













 

hay. The

 

hay. The





     

 

 60

59





 

on the



 

 

  

  

Je - sus a - sleep

 

the

on the

Je - sus a - sleep









  

  

 

  

-

tle Lord

-

  



But



But



lit - tle





Lord





But

lit - tle





Lord





 

wakes,

wakes,

wakes,

 

64



 

tle Lord

 

    65



Cradle Hymns

 





Je - sus,







No





No



No

cry









 



Je - sus,

  



   

 

down





down

 

down



 

down

    

  





No

 







from





-

He

  

ing He





cry - ing

 66



He

cry - ing

 

Je - sus,



cry - ing



Je - sus,



 



the



He





   

sky,



 I

love



 I



love



 I



love





 I



love





 

makes.

makes.

makes.

makes.



67







And



68





 





Lord

   69



  

cra - dle

And

stay

by

my

cra









 

 

 





    

  

my

    73

8

  



watch

sky,

cra

 

 

  

-

dle to

-

  

dle to



sus! look

 

the

-

  

 

to



sus! look

 





from

by

 





stay



watch



And

by my

-



      74



look



Je - sus!

to



72



cra - dle



71



by my



 

Je - sus!

stay











 

Lord





stay



thee,





 

And



Je

thee,

sky,

sky,



thee, Lord

the

the



 

from

from

Je

thee, Lord

  





  



look

   70



lul

-



lul



-

 



la

-

la



-



  

lul - la

-



  

-

watch

watch



 

lul - la



   

75

  

Cradle Hymns

 



by.

Oo.

 



by.

Oo.

  

by.



by.

  

 

















Oo.









Oo.









 

 

 

 

 







76

by me



by

80

    

 



  

 

77



78

for - ev - er,

  

79

and

me for - ev - er, and

love me I



love me I

  







 

  

(Ah.)

  

(Ah.)

             87

         

88

 

  

  89



 

Lord

Je - sus;



 



   

Ah.

 

  

 

 

 



  





 

  

90

 

9



the dear

      

  

   dear

91

 

  

      

83

 



  



chil - dren



   in

  

chil - dren in



  

 

  

92

 

Close

  

  86

 



 

 





And

Thy ten - der care And



 

85

 

Thy ten - der care



 

 

 

  

84





ask Thee to stay Close

 



 

Je - sus; I



pray. Bless all



  

Ah.

 82





ask Thee to stay



pray. Bless all the



I













81

   





 

 



Be near me, Lord

  

 



Be near me,

 

   

 

 

 



 

D

   





 

 

    

 

D

 

   

     93

 

 

  

   94



Cradle Hymns

 

fit





us

   fit

for

  

us for

  

(Ah.)



  

(Ah.)

   

   

   

for

 



crib

crib



for







heav - en



to

live





to

with

Thee



with

there.



  

 

 

 

   

a

bed,

The

lit - tle









bed,

The



97

 



lit





Lord

  

-

 



  

tle Lord

a

  

in a

E

    

98



man



    99







Je - sus

laid



laid

down

 

 

 

  



   

101

 

  

  102



    



  103

10

 

 

  



  104

ger, no



  



100





 

  





 

  

  

His

down



  

 





(Ah.)

-

no

 



  

man - ger,





Je - sus

 





  

(Ah.)



  





in

 





 

 



A - way





96





Thee

 

Renewed, Tender

A - way









there.





a







live





  



 

heav - en



95

 



E





sweet



His

sweet



 105



Cradle Hymns

 

head.

 

head.



The



The



stars in



  

(Ah.)

 

   

   

106

  

stars



  

the



  

(Ah.)

 



    

     

   





 

 

(Ah.)

   

   

   112



   

 113



  

down where

Oo. rit.



hay.

Oo.

  

 114

 

   



He



He

 

lay

  









Oo.







Oo.









 

 

115

 

116

11

 

  117

 

118















Hm.



Hm.



119

Hm.









Hm.



 120





111





 

  

  

  



   

110

Lord

lit - tle Lord

  



 



    





lit - tle





 



The







 rit. 

The

 

109



 

lay

 

 





 rit. 







108





  



 

hay.







down where

  



  



Je - sus a - sleep on the

looked





  









rit.



looked

 

 

107



sky

sky

   

  

bright









in the

Je - sus a - sleep on the

(Ah.)















 



    

 121

Waco, 2018