The music on the right, Normandy Carol, played by Don Irwin on his Merry Christmas album, is a favorite of mine. I looked up the song on cyberhymnal and here are the lyrics:
Words:
Richard Slater, in All the World, December 1892.
Music: Normandy Carol, anonymous
(MIDI, score). Alternate tune:
When wise men came seeking for Jesus from far,
With rich gifts to greet Him and led by a star,
They found in a stable the Savior of men,
A manger His cradle, so poor was He then.
Though laid in a manger, He came from a throne,
On earth though a stranger, in Heaven He was known.
How lowly, how gracious His coming to earth!
His love my love kindles to joy in His birth.
When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem. Matthew 2:1 |
