6328. A Star, a Star is Burning

1. A star, a star is burning,
The brightest in the sky—
Is shining over a stable;
Oh, tell me, shepherds, why?
Within I see a mother,
A baby on her knee:
Is this a royal palace?
Can this a monarch be?

Refrain
We bow before the Infant,
To Him our homage bring;
Our God in flesh appeareth,
Of man and angels King.

2. And lo! a sudden glory!
The angel hosts appear,
Ten thousand times ten thousand,
Their monarch to revere.
Oh, blind the eyes of mortals
To such a glorious sight!
Oh, sleepers, wake and witness
The wonders of this night! Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: A star, a star is burning
Title: A Star, a Star is Burning
Author: Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834-1924
Refrain First Line: We bow before the Infant
Language: English
Source: Our Sunday-School Songs, edited by E. H. Johnson (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: American Baptist Publication Society, 1885), number 30
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Al­ter­nate tune: SANTIAGO, Ro­bert B. Finch, 1898
Tune Information
Name: [A star, a star is burning]
Incipit: 51132 11665 55671
Key: F Major
Source: Church Songs
Copyright: Public Domain



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