The Cyber Hymnal ‎#3599

3599. A Little Child Is Born Tonight

1. A little child is born tonight,
And He shall lead His own,
To endless day, to glory bright,
To lands of everlasting light,
And to our Father’s throne.
A little child is born tonight,
And in the starry sky,
To Him the angels carols bring:
Good will and peace to men, they sing,
Glory to God on high,
Glory to God on high.

2. A little child is born tonight,
And shepherds haste to see
Their God and King in infant form,
And worship with their true hearts warm,
The Christ on bended knee.
A little child is born tonight,
And wise men from afar
Follow afresh that wondrous light,
That gloweth in the heav’nly height,
The Savior’s morning star,
The Savior’s morning star.

3. A little child is born tonight,
To hearts for long years lone,
To Anna, widow, Simeon, sage
Their Star of childhood, joy of age,
For evermore their own.
A little child is born tonight,
O come ye, one and all,
And hail in faith, and hope, and love,
The child who left His throne above,
To lie in yonder stall,
To lie in yonder stall.

Text Information

• First Line: A little child is born tonight
• Title: A Little Child Is Born Tonight
• Author: A. H. Brown
• Language: English
• Source: Carols Old and Carols New, by Charles L. Hutchins (Boston, Massachusetts: Parish Choir, 1916), number 246
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [A little child is born tonight]
• Composer: A. H. Brown
• Incipit: 51171 21542 13541
• Key: D Major
• Source: Carols Old and Carols New, by Charles L. Hutchins (Boston, Massachusetts: Parish Choir, 1916), number 246
• Copyright: Public Domain