Historic Sheet Music Collection
Document Type
Score
Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/78_rocked-in-the-cradle-of-the-deep_clyde-doerr-gyula-ormay-knight_gbia0010127b
https://archive.org/details/78_rocked-in-the-cradle-of-the-deep_clyde-doerr-gyula-ormay-knight_gbia0011671b
https://archive.org/details/78_rocked-in-the-cradle-of-the-deep_frank-c-stanley_gbia0017632b
https://archive.org/details/78_rocked-in-the-cradle-of-the-deep_wilfred-glenn-j-p-knight_gbia0015472b
https://archive.org/details/78_rocked-in-the-cradle-of-the-deep_wilfred-glenn-willard-knight_gbia0017284b
Publication Date
1840
Lyrics
Rock'd in the cradle of the deep
I lay me down in peace to sleep
Secure I rest upon the wave
For thou Oh! Lord,
hast power to save.
I know thou wilt not slight my call,
For thou dost mark the sparrow's fall!
And calm and peaceful is my sleep
Rock'd in the cradle of the deep
And such the trust that still were mine
Tho' stor my winds wept o'er the brine
Or tho' the tempest's fiery breath
Rous'd me from sleep to wreck and death!
In ocean cave still safe with Thee,
The germ of immortality;
And calm and peaceful is my sleep
Rock'd in the cradle of the deep,
And calm and peaceful is my sleep
Rock'd in the cradle of the deep.
Recommended Citation
Knight, Joseph Philip, "Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep" (1840). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 880.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/880
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep
Sung by Mr. Braham
The words by Mrs. Willard of Troy
The music composed and respectfully dedicated to Dr, Mitchell by J.P. Knight
New York. Published by C.E. Horn 367 Broadway
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