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8372 | The Cyber Hymnal#8373 | 8374 |
Text: | A Boy Is Born In Bethlehem |
Translator: | Henry I. D. Ryder |
Tune: | PUER NOBIS NASCITUR |
Adapter: | Michael Praetorius |
Harmonizer: | George R. Woodward |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 A Boy is born in Bethlehem,
Joy bringing to Jerusalem.
He lieth in a manger poor
Whose kingdom shall for aye endure.
2 The ox and ass knew and adored
The Infant that was Christ the Lord.
The kings of Saba came to bring
Gold, myrrh and incense to their king.
3 The offspring He of virgin bright,
Made mother by high Heaven’s might.
One after one the cot forlorn
Entering, they hail their prince new born.
4 The serpent’s venom knew Him not,
Though of our blood He chose His lot:
Made like to us in human kin,
Unlike us in respect of sin.
5 That like Him He might make us be,
And with Himself and God agree.
In this birth’s joy let all accord,
And bless for ever Christ the Lord.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | A Boy is born in Bethlehem |
Title: | A Boy Is Born In Bethlehem |
Latin Title: | Puer natus in Bethlehem |
Translator: | Henry I. D. Ryder |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Source: | 14th Century Benedictine processional; Tr.: Annus Sanctus (Vol. 1) by Orby Shipley (London and New York: Burns & Oates, 1884) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Alternate tune: SALVETE FLORES by John B. Dykes |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PUER NOBIS NASCITUR |
Adapter: | Michael Praetorius |
Harmonizer: | George R. Woodward (1910) |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | D Major |
Source: | Trier manuscript, 15th Century |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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