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My Purchased Files| Text: | Unto Us a Boy is Born |
| Translator, v. 2: | George Ratcliff Woodward |
| Translator, vv. 1, 3-5: | Percy Dearmer |
| Tune: | PUER NOBIS NASCITUR |
| Harmonizer: | Geoffrey Shaw |
54. 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 Christ from heaven descending low
comes, on earth a stranger;
ox and ass their owner know;
becradled in the manger,
becradled in the manger.
3 Herod then with fear was filled:
"A prince," he said, "in Jewry!"
All the little boys he killed
at Bethlem in his fury,
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,
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,
doth rend the air asunder.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Unto us a boy is born! |
| Title: | Unto Us a Boy is Born |
| Translator, vv. 1, 3-5: | Percy Dearmer (1928) |
| Translator, v. 2: | George Ratcliff Woodward (1901) |
| Meter: | 7 7 7 7 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1996 |
| Topic: | The Christian Year: Christmas; Biblical Characters: Herod; Biblical Characters: Mary, Mother of Jesus (15 more...) |
| Source: | German carol, 15th century |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | PUER NOBIS NASCITUR |
| Harmonizer: | Geoffrey Shaw (1928) |
| Meter: | 7 7 7 7 |
| Key: | D Major |
| Source: | German carol melody |
| Copyright: | Harmony copyright © Oxford University Press for A. R. Mowbray Ltd. |
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