Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you shall come for Me One who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.
Micah 5:2
Words: P. W. Blackmer, 1901. Appeared in Life and Service Hymns, compiled by R. E. Magill (Richmond, Virginia: Presbyterian Committee of Publication, 1917), number 160.
Music: Brahms’ Lullaby Johannes Brahms, Opus 9, Number 4, 1868 (🔊 pdf nwc). Arranged by A. Cortada, 1888, and Richard W. Adams, 2020 (public domain).
Long ago, there was born
In the city of David,
A sweet, holy babe,
Who was Jesus our king.
Angels sang at His birth,
Lullaby, peace on earth
;
Angels sang at His birth,
Lullaby, peace on earth.
Jesus came as a child
From His Father in Heaven,
And has shown us the way
To be loving and kind,
While the stars sang above,
Lullaby, God is love
;
While the stars sang above,
Lullaby, God is love.
