The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook ‎#335

335. Silent night, holy night!

1 Silent night, holy night!
Sleeps the world; hid from sight,
Mary and Joseph in stable bare
watched o'er the Child beloved and fair
sleeping in heavenly rest,
sleeping in heavenly rest.

2 Silent night, holy night!
Shepherds first saw the light,
herd resounding clear and long,
far and near, the angel-song:
'Christ the Redeemer is here,
Christ the Redeemer is here!'

3 Silent night, holy night!
Son of God, O how bright
love is smiling from Your face!
Strikes for us now the hour of grace,
Saviour, since You are born,
Saviour, since You are born!

Text Information

• First Line: Silent night, holy night!
• Author: Joseph Mohr, 1792-1848
• Translator: Stopford Augustus Brooke, 1832-1916
• Meter: Irregular
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2004
• Topic: Jesus Christ: His Birth

Tune Information

• Name: STILLE NACHT
• Composer: Franz Xaver Grüber, 1787-1863
• Harmonizer: David Evans, 1874-1948
• Meter: Irregular
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: Harm.: The Revised Church Hymnary, 1927
• Copyright: Harm. by permission of Oxford University Press