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Text:Christians, Carol Sweetly
Author:William C. Dix
Tune:LONG MOTT
Composer:Herbert Stephen Irons
Media:MIDI file

9735. Christians, Carol Sweetly

1 Christians, carol sweetly, up today and sing!
’Tis the happy birthday of our holy 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 today;
So with you I worship and my homage pay.

Text Information
First Line: Christians, carol sweetly, up today and sing!
Title: Christians, Carol Sweetly
Author: William C. Dix
Meter: 11.11.11.11
Language: English
Source: Carols for Use in Church, by Richard R. Chope (London: William Clowes & Sons, 1894)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: LONG MOTT
Composer: Herbert Stephen Irons (1894)
Meter: 11.11.11.11
Key: A Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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