Words: William Chatterton Dix
Music:
W. Spinney, Carol 211
MIDI / Noteworthy Composer /
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H. S. Irons, Carol 239
MIDI / Noteworthy Composer /
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Source: Rev. Charles Lewis Hutchins, Carols Old and Carols New (Boston: Parish Choir), 1916
1. Christians, carol sweetly,
Up today and sing!
‘Tis the happiest birth day
Of our Saviour King;
Haste we then to greet Him,
Humbly falling down,
While our hands entwine Him,
Dearest Babe, a crown.
2. Crowds of snow-white Angels
Throng the golden stair;
All things are delightful,
All things passing fair;
Bells, clear music making,
Peal the news to earth;
Chimes within make answer,
All is glee and mirth.
3. Michael, at the Manger,
Bows his royal face;
Gabriel, with lily,
Hides Transcendent Grace;
For, dear friends, the glory
Of that lowly bed
Overpowers the beauty
On Archangels shed.
4. Shall I tell of Joseph,,
Who, with rapt surprise,
Sees the light from Godhead
Fill those infant eyes?
Shall I sing of Mary,
Who, upon her breast,
Cradles her Creator
Soothes Him to His rest?
5. Angels, Mary, Joseph,
Yes, I greet you all!
Falling down in worship
At the Manger-stall;
For you hail our Monarch,
Born a Child to-day –
So with you I worship,
And my homage pay.
Sheet Music from Charles L. Hutchins
W. Spinney, Carol 211
H. S. Irons, Carol 239
Sheet Music by H. S. Irons from Rev. Richard R. Chope, Carols For Use In Church (London: William Clowes & Sons, 1894), Carol #13
