Text: | Unto us a boy is born |
Translator: | Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936 |
Tune: | PUER NOBIS NASCITUR |
Harmonizer: | Geoffrey Turton Shaw, 1879-1943 |
1. Unto us a boy is born!
The King of all creation,
came he to a world forlorn,
the Lord of every nation.
2. Cradled in a stall was he
with sleepy cows and asses;
but the very beasts could see
that he all men surpasses.
3. Herod then with fear was filled;
"A prince," he said, "in Jewry!"
All the little boys he killed
at Bethlehem in his fury.
4. Now may Mary's son, who came
so long ago to love us,
lead us all with hearts aflame
unto the joys above us.
5. Unto us a boy is born!
The King of all creation,
came he to a world forlorn,
the Lord of every nation.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Unto us a boy is born |
Translator: | Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936 (alt.) |
Meter: | 77. 77 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Source: | Latin carol, 15th cent. |
Copyright: | From The Oxford Book of Carols © 1964. Oxford University Press. |
Notes: | Now Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PUER NOBIS NASCITUR |
Harmonizer: | Geoffrey Turton Shaw, 1879-1943 |
Meter: | 77. 77 |
Key: | D Major |
Copyright: | By permission of Oxford University Press. |
Notes: | Now Public Domain |