CPWI Hymnal ‎#89

89. Unto us a boy is born!

1 Unto us a boy is born!
The King of all creation,
came he to a world forlorn,
the Lord of every nation.

2 Cradled in a stall was he
with sleepy cows and asses;
but the very beasts could see
that he all men surpasses.

3 Herod then with fear was filled:
"A prince," he said, "in Jewry!"
All the little boys he killed
at Bethlehem in his fury.

4 Now may Mary's son, who came
so long ago to love us,
lead us all with hearts a-flame
unto the joys above us.

5 Unto us a boy is born!
The King of all creation,
came he to a world forlorn,
the Lord of every nation.

Text Information

• First Line: Unto us a boy is born!
• Latin Title: Puer nobis nascitur
• Author: Anonymous
• Translator: Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936 (alt.)
• Meter: L.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Scripture:
  Matthew 2:2
• Topic: Hymns for the Church Year: Christmas
• Source: 15th century, Latin carol; Based on Moosburg Gradual, c1360
• Copyright: Translation © 1964 Oxford University Press, from "Oxford Book of Carols"

Tune Information

• Name: PUER NOBIS
• Harmonizer: Geoffrey Turton Shaw, 1879-1943
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: D Major
• Source: Compiled by Thodoric Petri Rutha, c1500-c1617, in Piae Cantiones, Nyland, 1582