X:1
T:Jesus, Jesus, Rest your Head
B:Singing Together, Autumn 1965, BBC Publications
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
M:4/4     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:E
E2 E2 E2 F2 |G2 A2 B4 |E2 E2 E2 F2 |G2 A2 B4 |
w:Je-sus, Je-sus, rest your head; You has got a man-ger bed.
c2 c2 B2 B2 |A2 A2 G4 |c2 c2 B2 B2 |e2 (dc) B4 |
w:All the e-vil folk on earth Sleep in feath-ers at their_ birth.
E2 E2 E2 F2 |G2 A2 B4 |E2 E2 E2 G2 |F2 B,2 E4 |
w:Je-sus, Je-sus rest your head; You has got a man-ger bed.
G2 c2 B2 G2 |E2 F2 G2 G2 |C2 E2 F2 G2 |F2 D2 C4 |
w:Have you heard a-bout our Je-sus? Have you heard a-bout his fate?
G2 c2 B2 G2 |E2 EF G2 G2 |C2 E2 F2 G2 |F2 D2 C4 |
w:How his mam-my went to that sta-ble On that Christ-mas Eve so late?
c2 c2 c2 B2 |e2 B2 B2 A2 |G2 G2 F2 F2 |G2 G2 F2 F2 |]
w:Winds were blow-ing, Cows were low-ing, Stars were glow-ing, glow-ing, glow-ing.
W:(Chorus) Jesus, Jesus, rest your head;
W:You has got a manger bed.
W:All the evil folk on earth
W:Sleep in feathers at their birth.
W:
W:Have you heard about our Jesus?
W:Have you heard about his fate?
W:How his mammy went to that stable
W:On that Christmas Eve so late?
W:Winds were blowing, Cows were lowing,
W:Stars were glowing, glowing, glowing.
W:
W:Jesus, Jesus, etc
W:
W:To that manger then came wise men,
W:Bringing things from hin and yon
W:For the mother and the father
W:And the bless-ed little Son.
W:Milkmaids left their fields and flocks
W:And sat beside the ass and ox.
W:
W:Jesus, Jesus, etc.
W: