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Text: | Unto us a boy is born! |
Translator: | Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936 |
Tune: | PUER NOBIS |
Harmonizer: | G. H. Palmer, 1846-1926 |
1 Unto us a boy is born!
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!'
And all the little boys he killed
At Bethlem 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 Omega and Alpha he!
Let the organ thunder,
While the choir with peals of glee
Doth rend the air asunder.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Unto us a boy is born! |
Translator: | Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936 |
Meter: | 76 77 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1986 |
Topic: | The Christian Year: Christmas; Holy Innocents' Day |
Source: | Latin, 15th century |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PUER NOBIS |
Harmonizer: | G. H. Palmer, 1846-1926 |
Meter: | 76 77 |
Key: | C Major |
Source: | Piae Cantiones, 1582 |