Words: Unknown
Music: N. B. Warren
MIDI / Noteworthy Composer /
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Source: Carol 537, Rev. Charles Lewis Hutchins, Carols Old and Carols New (Boston: Parish Choir), 1916
1. Now blazing yule logs crown the hearth,
Diffusing warmth with light and mirth;
Now oft the Christmas tale is told
Of Christmas deeds in days of old.
Chorus
Rejoice, our Saviour, He was born
On Christmas day in the morning.
2. Now holly boughs bedeck the wall,
In lowly cot and lofty hall;
Now Christmas gambols, quaint and rare,
Divert the sad, and banish care. Chorus
3. Then, open wide the stately hall,
And banquet spread for great and small;
And we, with garlands gay, will bring
The tuneful harp, and ever sing. Chorus
Sheet Music from Charles L. Hutchins
Note:
The
illustration "The Children's Choir" (left) is from the illustrated edition of
Old Christmas by
Washington Irving. The refrain the children were singing was
Rejoice, our Savior He was born
On Christmas Day in the morning.
