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Sweet Little Jesus Boy" is a spiritual Christmas song composed by Robert MacGimsey and published in 1934 by Carl Fischer Music. Baritone Lawrence Tibbett was the first to record it. [ 1 ] Robert Merrill covered the song in 1947 (Victor 10-1303). [ 2 ]
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[citation needed] In 1947, Robert Merrill recorded a disc (Victor 10-1303) with MacGimsey's songs ("Sweet Little Jesus Boy" and "To My Mother") on both sides. [8] MacGimsey worked with singer John Gary, beginning with their first meeting after Gary had left the Marines. Gary made a demonstration record with four new songs by MacGimsey, and a ...
Also known as "The Christ Child's Lullaby" or "Mary's Lullaby" "Sweet Jesus Was the Sacred Name" [22] [21] words by Fr. Luke Waddinge 17th century Irish traditional, (Short Carol) "Sweetest of All Names, Jesus" [20] [21] words by Fr. William Devereaux 18th century Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"
"The Rocking Carol", [1] also known as "Little Jesus, Sweetly Sleep" [2] and "Rocking", [3] is an English Christmas carol by Percy Dearmer. It was translated from Czech (" Hajej, nynej, Ježíšku ") [ 4 ] in 1928 and is performed as a lullaby to the baby Jesus .
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.
Yearwood sings a mixture of familiar traditional and popular material, along with more recent compositions such as "It Wasn't His Child" and "There's a New Kid in Town". Two of its tracks managed to achieve positions near the lower end of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. "It Wasn't His Child" peaked at #60, and "Reindeer Boogie" at #63.
The lyrics also show a trend toward those more commonly associated with "Children, Go Where I Send Thee." For instance, the line "Two, two, the lily-white boys clothed all in green" in Grainger's recording has become "One was the little white babe all dressed in blue" in the Bellwood Prison Camp recording. [7] [2]