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Go, gentle babe

song for unison or two-part children's voices and piano or ensemble

Duration 3'

Words anonymous, mid-eighteenth century

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Go, gentle babe, thy future life be spent
In virtuous purity, and calm content;
Life's sunshine bless, and no anxious care
Sit on thy brow, and draw the falling tear;
Thy country's grateful servant may'st thou prove
And all thy days be happiness and love.

(poem left with infant at Foundling Hospital, London)

Categories choral - high voices accompanied; music for theatre - incidental music