Alternate Title: Noel, Noel, Noel
Words: Rev. W. J. Irons, D. D.
Music: Mr. Arthur Henry Brown
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Source: Rev. Richard R. Chope, Carols For Use In Church (London: William Clowes & Sons, Complete Edition, 1894), Carol #138
Chorus
Noel, Noel, Noel,
Born is the King of Israel.
1. O Child of wonder! Child of love!
Good Angels hasting from above,
Did guard Thee safe from Herod's hand,
And convoy Thee to Egypt's land. Chorus
2. To Egypt's land our Lord was brought
When Judah's King His life had sought
There God full soon a work had done,
And then from Egypt called His Son. Chorus
3. For what had Egypt known like this,
Marvel of Heliopolis --
When prostrate idols fell before
Christ coming to their temple floor. Chorus
4. But O what mightier deed is told,
When God, the Child of twelve years old,
To His own Temple's dread surprise
Cast down the wisdom of the wise? Chorus
5. O Child of Bethlehem! man's delight;
O Glorious Child of Egypt's flight;
O Child, Who in the Temple stood,
We praise Thee, Wisdom of our God!
Sheet Music from Chope
