Shepherds, Raise Your Sleepy Heads
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Moderate
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Description
SAB a cappella. Taken from a madrigal (Ballett) by Morley, with a new text by the arranger. Happy and Elizabethan. Perfect for a Madrigal Dinner.
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Lyrics
Shepherds, raise your sleepy heads,
and to the manger fly:
For the Lord is drawing nigh.
Fa la la la.
Angels singing in the sky
Good news to all they bring:
For to us is born a King.
Fa la la la.
Our hearts in offering we bow
unto that precious, holy Child
With his mother meek and mild.
Fa la la la.
Goodwill to all mankind he brings
Peace to all people on the earth
welcome now his holy birth.
Fa la la la.