♪ Oh, the virgin washes the swaddling, While the little child lies sleeping, And the little birds are singing, And the brook is laughing and sighing. The birds are singing, And the little brook is laughing, And the brook is laughing. Oh, the virgin washes the swaddling, While the little child lies sleeping, And the brook is laughing and sighing. And the brook is laughing, And the little bird is laughing, And the brook is laughing, And the little bird is laughing. ♪ And the little bird is laughing, And the little bird is laughing, And the little bird is laughing, And the little bird is laughing. ♪ Oh, the virgin washes the swaddling, While the little bird is sleeping, And the little bird is sleeping, And they sought him only to see, The infant Jesus be shown By the shores of Calvary. O hear me, O hear me, O hear me, O hear me, O hear me, O hear me, O hear me, O hear me, O hear me, O hear me, O hear me, O hear me, O hear me, O hear me, O hear me, O hear me.