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Text:Unto us a boy is born!
Translator:Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936
Tune:PUER NOBIS
Arranger:Geoffrey Turton Shaw, 1879-1943

339. Unto us a boy is born!

1 Unto us a boy is born!
King of all creation,
came He to a world forlorn,
the Lord of every nation,
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,
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,
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,
unto the joys above us.

5 Omega and Alpha He!
Let the organ thunder,
while the choir with peals of glee
now rend the air asunder,
now rend the air asunder!

Text Information
First Line: Unto us a boy is born!
Translator: Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936 (alt.)
Meter: 76 77 irregular extended
Language: English
Publication Date: 2004
Topic: Jesus Christ: His Birth
Source: Latin, 15th-century German; V. 5 slightly altered Compilers
Copyright: © 1928 Oxford University Press, from Oxford Book of Carols
Notes: Now Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: PUER NOBIS
Arranger: Geoffrey Turton Shaw, 1879-1943
Meter: 76 77 irregular extended
Key: D Major
Source: Piae Cantiones, 1582
Copyright: Arr. © 1928 Oxford University Press, from Oxford Book of Carols
Notes: Now Public Domain



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