Hor che tempo di dormire

Canzonetta spirituale sopra la nanna Tarquinio Merula Ellen Hargis, soprano and Paul O Dette, theorbo from The Christmas Album on Noyse Productions Now it is time to sleep, sleep my son and do not cry, For we shall soon see the need for weeping, Oh my love, o my heart, Go to sleep. Close those divine eyes, as the other children do, For soon a dark veil will hide the sky from you. Oh my love, o my heart, Go to sleep. Or, take this milk from my virgin breasts, For a cruel minister is preparing vin