Composition Details
- Composed by: Traditional French
- Arranged by: Ron Jeffers
- Published by: earthsongs
- Canadian Work: No
- Duration: 2:30
Performed in Concert
In Collections
Conductor Notes:
A stunning and simple SSA a cappella arrangement of “Entre le boeuf et l’ane gris”. Highly recommended. In 2016, we used it as a processional, repeating to the top before taking the “coda” of the last line of the piece and giving the repeated opening verse to a semichorus.
Entre le boeuf et l’âné gris,
Dors, dors, dors le petit fils:
Mille anges divins,
Mille séraphins,
Volent à l’entour de ce grand Dieu d’amour.
Entre les roses et les lys,
Dors, dors, dors le petit fils:
Mille anges divins…
Entre les pastoureaux jolis
Dors, dors, dors le petit fils:
Mille anges divins…
Translation:
Here ‘mid the ass and oxen mild,
Sleeps, sleeps, sleeps the little child;
A thousand seraphim
A thousand cherubim
Come from heaven above, to praise the Lord of love.
Between the roses and lilies,
Sleeps, sleeps, sleeps the little child;
A thousand seraphim…
Here among the friendly shepherds,
Sleeps, sleeps, sleeps the little child;
A thousand seraphim…