| 127 | Glory to God#128 | 129 |
| Text: | Infant Holy, Infant Lowly |
| Translator: | Edith M. G. Reed |
| Tune: | W ŻŁOBIE ŁEŻY |
| Harmonizer: | Arthur E. Rusbridge |
| Media: | Audio recording |
1 Infant holy, infant lowly,
for his bed a cattle stall;
oxen lowing, little knowing
Christ the babe is Lord of all.
Swift are winging angels singing,
noels ringing, tidings bringing:
Christ the babe is Lord of all!
Christ the babe is Lord of all!
2 Flocks were sleeping; shepherds keeping
vigil till the morning new
saw the glory, heard the story,
tidings of the gospel true.
Thus rejoicing, free from sorrow,
praises voicing greet the morrow:
Christ the babe was born for you!
Christ the babe was born for you!
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Infant holy, infant lowly |
| Title: | Infant Holy, Infant Lowly |
| Translator: | Edith M. G. Reed (1920; rev. 1921) |
| Meter: | 8.7.8.7.8.8.7.7 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 2013 |
| Scripture: | ; |
| Topic: | Christian Year: Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year: Epiphany; Jesus Christ: Birth |
| Source: | Polish carol |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | W ŻŁOBIE ŁEŻY |
| Harmonizer: | Arthur E. Rusbridge (1962) |
| Meter: | 8.7.8.7.8.8.7.7 |
| Key: | G Major |
| Source: | Polish folk melody |
| Notes: | (this tune in a lower key, 410) |
The English text of this 13th- or 14th-century Polish carol does not try to tell a story but to offer verbal snapshots of the well-known Nativity narrative of Luke 2:6–20. The tune name quotes the opening of the Polish text and means “He lies in a cradle” or “In manger lying.”
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