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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