Go Ad-Free
If you regularly use Hymnary.org, you might benefit from eliminating ads. Consider buying a subscription.
8394 | The Cyber Hymnal#8395 | 8396 |
Text: | Christ Was Born On Christmas Day |
Translator: | John Mason Neale |
Tune: | [Christ was born on Christmas Day] |
Harmonizer: | Thomas Helmore |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 Christ was born on Christmas Day,
Wreathe the holly, twine the bay;
Christus natus hodie:
The Babe, the Son,
The Holy One of Mary.
2 He is born to set us free,
He is born our Lord to be,
Ex Mariâ virgine:
The God, the Lord,
By all adored forever.
3 Let the bright red berries glow
Everywhere in goodly show;
Christus natus hodie:
The Babe, the Son,
The Holy One of Mary.
4 Christian men, rejoice and sing;
‘Tis the birthday of a king,
Ex Mariâ virgine:
The God, the Lord,
By all adored forever.
5 Night of sadness, morn of gladness
Evermore, ever, ever:
After many troubles sore,
Morn of gladness evermore and evermore.
Midnight scarcely passed and over,
Drawing to this holy morn,
Very early, very early
Christ was born.
6 Sing out with bliss, His name is this;
Emmanuel:
As was foretold in days of old
By Gabriel.
7 Midnight scarcely passed and over,
Drawing to this holy morn,
Very early, very early,
Christ was born.
Text Information | |
---|---|
First Line: | Christ was born on Christmas Day |
Title: | Christ Was Born On Christmas Day |
Latin Title: | Resonet in laudibus |
Translator: | John Mason Neale (1853) |
Language: | English |
Source: | Swedish Piae Cantiones, 1582 (the original source may have been 13th Century or earlier); Tr.: Carols for Christmas-Tide (London: Novello, 1953) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Free translation |
Tune Information | |
---|---|
Name: | [Christ was born on Christmas Day] |
Harmonizer: | Thomas Helmore |
Key: | F Major or modal |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Media | |
---|---|
Adobe Acrobat image: | |
MIDI file: | MIDI |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |