“Ah, Baby Christ, so dear to me”
William Sharp
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Poem included in the prose contribution Mary of the Gael by Fiona Macleod, pseudonym
of William Sharp (122-47), where the poem is implied to be a song in Erse (although whether it is indeed a translation is uncertain).
According to General Introduction to the Evergreen in Yellow Nineties Online, the
Autumn volume was published in October 1895. (EF, NM, AC)
The Evergreen
2
Autumn
139–140
Ah, Baby Christ, so dear to me
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Ah, Baby Christ, so dear to me,
Sang Bridget Bride :
How sweet thou art,
My baby dear,
Heart of my heart !
Heavy her body was with thee,
Mary, beloved of One in Three,
Sang Bridget Bride—
Mary, who bore thee, little lad :
But light her heart was, light and glad
With God’s love clad.
Sit on my knee,
Sang Bridget Bride :
Sit here
O Baby dear,
Close to my heart, my heart
For I thy foster-mother am,
My helpless lamb !
O have no fear,
Sang good St. Bride.
‘ None, none,
No fear have I :
So let me cling
Close to thy side
While thou dost sing,
O Bridget Bride ! ’
My Lord, my Prince I sing :
My baby dear, my King !
Sang Bridget Bride.