Introduction
Words: From an 18th Century manuscript in the Firth Collection of the Bodelian Library at the University of Oxford.
Music: Brown William B. Bradbury, 1844 (🔊 pdf nwc).
Unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
Luke 2:11
Words: From an 18th Century manuscript in the Firth Collection of the Bodelian Library at the University of Oxford.
Music: Brown William B. Bradbury, 1844 (🔊 pdf nwc).
Awake with joyful strains of mirth,
To celebrate the morn,
That brings glad news of Jesu’s birth,
And of a Savior born.
In lofty hymns your voices raise,
His mighty name adore,
And sound your great Redeemer’s praise
With shouts of joy therefore.
To Thy great name, blest Three in One,
Eternal praise belong—
Let heav’nly angels join our lays,
And help us sing our song.