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Text: | From heaven above to earth I come |
Author: | Martin Luther, 1483 - 1546 |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth, 1829-78 |
Tune: | VOM HIMMEL HOCH |
Composer: | Martin Luther, 1483 - 1546 |
1 From heaven above to earth I come
To bear good news to every home;
Glad tidings of great joy I bring,
Whereof I now will say and sing.
2 To you this night is born a child
Of Mary, chosen mother mild;
This little child, of lowly birth,
Shall be the joy of all the earth.
3 Were earth a thousand times as fair,
Beset with gold and jewels rare,
She yet were far too poor to be
A narrow cradle, Lord, to thee.
4 Ah, dearest Jesus, Holy Child,
Make thee a bed, soft undefiled,
Within my heart, that it may be
A quiet chamber kept for thee.
5 'Glory to God in highest heaven,
Who unto man his Son hath given,'
While angels sing with pious mirth
A glad new year to all the earth.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | From heaven above to earth I come |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth, 1829-78 |
Author: | Martin Luther, 1483 - 1546 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1958 |
Topic: | The Church Year: Christmas |
Notes: | For harmonization of this tune by J.S. Bach, see No. 34. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | VOM HIMMEL HOCH |
Composer: | Martin Luther, 1483 - 1546 |
Meter: | L. M. |
Key: | C Major |