Unto us a boy is born!
King of all creation
Came he to a world forlorn
The Lord of ev'ry nation
Cradled in a stall was he
With sleepy cows and asses;
But the very beasts could see
That he all men surpasses.
Herod then with fear was filled:
"A prince," he said, "in Jewry!"
All the little boys he killed
At Bethlem in his fury.
Now my Mary's son, who came
So long ago to love us,
Lead us all with hearts aflame
Unto the joys above us.
Omega and Alpha he!
Let the organ thunder,
While the choir with peals of glee
Doth rend the air asunder.
