rock­ing

The phrase "rock­ing" resonates through 6 hymns, touching hearts across generations.

rock­ing· 6 hymns found
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Without trum­pet or dis­play,
start
We were rocked in the old-fa­shioned cra­dle,
We were rocked in the old-fa­shioned cra­dle,
All his toil, he flies to Thee;
Through the for­est dark and dim,

rock­ing

In the cra­dle of to­day.
⁠Silent, peace­ful, to and fro,
But the mo­ther who sang then so sweet­ly,
But the mo­ther who sang then so sweet­ly,
Far, far at sea.
’Twas a cold De­cem­ber night,

The Cradle on the Nile

lyricist: Alfred Hough, 1911
Composer: Robert Lowry, 1876
Hymn 1

...Without trum­pet or dis­play,

And we know not what is rock­ing

In the cra­dle of to­day....

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Without trum­pet or dis­play,

And we know not what is rock­ing

In the cra­dle of to­day.

The Cradle on the Nile

The Love of God (Jackson)

lyricist: Helen Hunt Jackson, 1873
Composer: A. H. Howard
Hymn 2

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Like a cra­dle rock­ing, rock­ing,

⁠Silent, peace­ful, to and fro,...

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Like a cra­dle rock­ing, rock­ing,

⁠Silent, peace­ful, to and fro,

The Love of God (Jackson)

Memories of Childhood

Composer: Frederick Graves, 1895
Hymn 3

...We were rocked in the old-fa­shioned cra­dle,

Sung to sleep in the old rock­ing chair;

But the mo­ther who sang then so sweet­ly,...

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We were rocked in the old-fa­shioned cra­dle,

Sung to sleep in the old rock­ing chair;

But the mo­ther who sang then so sweet­ly,

Memories of Childhood

Memories of Childhood

Composer: Frederick Graves, 1895
Hymn 4

...We were rocked in the old-fa­shioned cra­dle,

Sung to sleep in the old rock­ing chair;

But the mo­ther who sang then so sweet­ly,...

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We were rocked in the old-fa­shioned cra­dle,

Sung to sleep in the old rock­ing chair;

But the mo­ther who sang then so sweet­ly,

Memories of Childhood

Star of Peace to Wanderers Weary

lyricist: Jane Simpson, 1830
Composer: William Bradbury, 1844
Hymn 5

...All his toil, he flies to Thee;

Save him on the bil­lows rock­ing,

Far, far at sea....

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All his toil, he flies to Thee;

Save him on the bil­lows rock­ing,

Far, far at sea.

Star of Peace to Wanderers Weary

Our Fathers Long Ago

lyricist: Fanny Crosby, 1864
Composer: William Bradbury
Hymn 6

...Through the for­est dark and dim,

And the rock­ing pines re­plied.

’Twas a cold De­cem­ber night,...

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Through the for­est dark and dim,

And the rock­ing pines re­plied.

’Twas a cold De­cem­ber night,

Our Fathers Long Ago

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