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6318 | The Cyber Hymnal#6319 | 6320 |
Text: | The Star of Bethlehem (Skoog) |
Author: | Andrew L. Skoog |
Tune: | [I think of that star of long ago] |
Composer: | Andrew L. Skoog |
1. I think of that star of long ago
That lighted the wanderers’ path below;
In faith I look up, and o’er me I see
That star in its beauty still shining for me.
Refrain
O star that once shone over Bethlehem!
Thy beams yet to mortals great joy proclaim.
The Lord to adore, I hasten with thee,
O star in thy beauty still shining for me.
2. A Child unto us is born—O joy!
To sin blighted earth comes high Heav’n’s Envoy;
Now over my path that dear memory,
A star in its beauty is shining for me. [Refrain]
3. No clouds can obscure that kindly star,
Nor brightness of noonday its glories mar;
When shadows of death surround me, I’ll see
That star in its beauty still shining for me. [Refrain]
4. It sheds on the world its peaceful rays,
And greets every mortal with heav’nly grace.
To Bethlehem’s Babe I hasten with thee,
O star, in thy beauty, still shining for me. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | I think of that star of long ago |
Title: | The Star of Bethlehem (Skoog) |
Swedish Title: | Bethlehems Stjärna |
Author: | Andrew L. Skoog (1921) |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Skoog wrote both the Swedish & the English lyrics. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [I think of that star of long ago] |
Composer: | Andrew L. Skoog (1921) |
Incipit: | 13215 56153 32354 |
Key: | D♭ Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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