Beautiful Music: Codail a Linbh

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Codail a Linbh is a Celtic Christmas song.  Arranged by Michael McGlynn and sung by his group Anuna, the lyrics translate  beautifully to English with this simple Gospel message:

I worship you, my little child come on earth

Sleep peacefully, my child

I worship him, weak, naked and helpless

Sleep peacefully, my child

   

Tell me, my love, as you lie in the manger

Tell me why you lay stretched in the straw

You are a treasury of grace, and Jesus, Son of God

Sleep peacefully, my child

Sleep peacefully, my child

   

Mary, my mother and gentle nurse

Sleep peacefully, my child

I am a treasury of grace, and Jesus, Son of God

Sleep peacefully, my child

   

Desperately poor, I came with desire into this world

To save wandering exiles from death

And when I am suspended on high they will lean towards me

Sleep peacefully, my child

Sleep peacefully, my child