A virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call His name Immanuel.
Isaiah 7:14
Words: George R. Woodward, in Carols Old and Carols New, by Charles L. Hutchins (Boston, Massachusetts: Parish Choir, 1916), number 561.
Music: Buckhurst Hill, from a German chorale. Harmony by Johann S. Bach (🔊 
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Nowell! Nowell! Good news I tell,
And eke a wonder story;
A virgin mild hath born a child,
Jesus the King of glory.
Ave Marie! O well is thee,
Thou daughter born of Anna.
Before thy Son, that holy One,
Archangels sang Osanna.
Then praise be sung and bells be rung,
To greet this kindly Stranger;
Th’Ancient of Days, mankind to raise,
Abhorreth not the manger.