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Thread #170931 Message #4134227
Posted By: Joe Offer
28-Jan-22 - 10:52 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Messiah Lullaby (from the Isaacs)-need yiddish
Subject: ADD: Messiah Lullaby (from the Isaacs)
Here is my correction of the lyrics from above, after I listened to the recording by The Isaacs. Note that the lullaby is in Yiddish, not Hebrew. I can't hear it well enough to transcribe it, but it's something like "Zay ruh, shlof mayn kind." (be still, sleep my child)
MESSIAH LULLABY (as recorded by The Isaacs)
Softly she whispered I've been expecting you And not only me But the whole world's been waiting, too The only hope For fallen men Is there in your tiny hands Close your eyes Prince of Peace
She sang the Messiah Lullaby Messiah Lullaby Welcoming the New Born King Messiah Lullaby
Angels in Heaven Silently watched over earth Adoring the sight Of the one who had given them birth Creation longed to sing back to Him The song He had given them But on this night All was quiet
She sang the Messiah Lullaby Messiah Lullaby Welcoming the New Born King Messiah Lullaby
[part below needs correction] Chorus again... a cappella Zay denn ruh, shlaf mayn Kind Zay denn ruh, shlaf gesind (healthy) Zay denn ruh, xxxkeit Mamme is hier bevor