Christmas
Words Translated by Christine Turner Curtis
Music: German Caroll
Source: Lilla Belle Pitts, et. al. Eds., Singing Juniors (Boston: Ginn and Company, 1953), page 153
I = First Shepherd
II = Second Shepherd
Verse 1:
(I) "Johann, arise, arise!"
(II) "Who calls here?"
(I) "How tightly you close your eyes."
(II) "Dawn’s not near."
(I) "Over the meadows bright
Flashes a lovely light;
Say, ‘tis a wondrous sight."
(II) "Why, that’s queer."
Verse 2:
(I) "Music comes drifting down."
(II) "Where, oh where?"
(I) "A star shines on Beth’lem town."
(II) "Over there?"
(I) "Rise up and come away,
Angels in chorus say,
Lord Christ is born today."
(II) "Forward fare."
Verse 3
(I) "Sweet is that Holy Child."
(II) "In the dawn."
(I) "His Mother’s a Virgin mild."
(II) "Let’s be gone."
(I) "Born in a manger He
Oh, might I lovingly
Hold Him upon my knee!"
(II) Hasten on!"
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