Text: | O Sing a Song of Bethlehem |
Author: | Louis FitzGerald Benson |
Tune: | KINGSFOLD |
Arranger and Harmonizer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
1 O sing a song of Bethlehem,
Of shepherds watching there,
And of the news that came to them
From angels in the air:
The light that shone on Bethlehem
Fills all the world today;
Of Jesus’ birth and peace on earth
The angels sing alway.
2 O sing a song of Nazareth,
Of sunny days of joy,
O sing of fragrant flowers’ breath,
And of the sinless Boy;
For now the flowers of Nazareth
In every heart may grow;
Now spreads the fame of His dear Name
On all the winds that blow.
3 O sing a song of Galilee,
Of lake and woods and hill,
Of Him who walked upon the sea
And bade the waves be still:
For though, like waves on Galilee,
Dark seas of trouble roll,
When faith has heard the Master’s word,
Falls peace upon the soul.
4 O sing a song of Calvary,
Its glory and dismay;
Of Him who hung upon the tree,
And took our sins away:
For He who died on Calvary
Is risen from the grave,
And Christ, our Lord, by heaven adored,
Is mighty now to save.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O sing a song of Bethlehem |
Title: | O Sing a Song of Bethlehem |
Author: | Louis FitzGerald Benson (1899) |
Meter: | CMD |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1990 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Jesus Christ: Life |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | KINGSFOLD |
Arranger and Harmonizer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906) |
Meter: | CMD |
Key: | e minor |
Source: | English Country Songs, 1893 |
Copyright: | Arrangement and harmonization from the English Hymnal, 1906. Used by permission of Oxford University Press. |