Correggio, Nativity (Holy Night), 1528–30, Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
Image from Web Gallery of Art, created by Emil Kren and Daniel Marx
Merry Christmas to All!
Jesus, Jesus, rest your head,
You has got a manger bed.
All the evil folk on earth
Sleep in feathers at their birth:
Jesus, Jesus, rest your head,
You has got a manger bed.
John Jacob Niles (1892–1980)