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My Purchased Files| 14246 | The Cyber Hymnal#14247 | 14248 |
| Text: | Long Ago On Christmas |
| Author: | A. Emilie Poulsson |
| Tune: | TORREÓN |
| Composer: | Maltbie Davenport Babcock |
| Media: | MIDI file |
14247. Long Ago On Christmas
1 Once the little Christ-child lay,
Cradled in the fragrant hay,
Long ago on Christmas.
Stranger bed a babe ne’er found,
Wondering cattle stood around,
Long ago on Christmas.
2 By the shining vision taught,
Shepherds for the Christ-child sought,
Long ago on Christmas.
Guided in a starlit way,
Wise men came their gifts to pay,
Long ago on Christmas.
3 And today the whole glad earth
Praises God for that Child’s birth,
Long ago on Christmas.
For the Life, the Truth, the Way,
Come to bless the earth that day,
Long ago on Christmas.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Once the little Christ-child lay |
| Title: | Long Ago On Christmas |
| Author: | A. Emilie Poulsson |
| Language: | English |
| Source: | Primary School Carols (Columbus, OH: Lutheran Book Concern, 1914) |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | TORREÓN |
| Composer: | Maltbie Davenport Babcock (1894) |
| Meter: | 776 D |
| Key: | E♭ Major |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Media | |
|---|---|
| Adobe Acrobat image: |  PDF |
| MIDI file: |  MIDI |
| Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |
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