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 Bodelian Library at the University of Oxford.
Music: Truro, from Psalmodia Evangelica, by Thomas Williams, 1789 (🔊 pdf nwc).
Alternate Tunes:
Awake, ye nations of the earth,
And celebrate the Savior’s birth;
With grateful hearts salute the morn,
On which the Savior, Christ was born.
The shining hosts, on wings of love,
Flew swiftly from the courts above;
With acclamation from the skies,
And seized the shepherds with surprise.
The heav’nly choir around did sing:
This day is born the Savior-King.
They swell their notes to praise again,
Glory to God, goodwill to men.