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Text:Child in the Manger
Author:Mary MacDonald, 1789-1872
Translator (from Gaelic):Lachlan Macbean
Tune:BUNESSAN
Composer:Anonymous
Media:MIDI file

809. Child in the Manger

1. Child in the manger, infant of Mary,
Outcast and stranger, Lord of all,
Child who inherits all our transgressions,
All our demerits on Him fall.

2. Once the most holy Child of salvation
Gently and lowly lived below.
Now as our glorious mighty Redeemer,
See Him victorious o’er each foe.

3. Prophets foretold Him, infant of wonder;
Angels behold Him on His throne.
Worthy our Savior of all our praises;
Happy forever are His own.

Text Information
First Line: Child in the manger, infant of Mary
Title: Child in the Manger
Author: Mary MacDonald, 1789-1872
Translator (from Gaelic): Lachlan Macbean
Language: English
Source: Translation in Songs and Hymns of the Gael (Edinburgh, Scotland: 1888)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: BUNESSAN
Composer: Anonymous
Incipit: 13512 76567 65123
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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