Text: | Gentle Mary Laid Her Child |
Author: | Joseph Simpson Cook |
Tune: | TEMPUS ADEST FLORIDUM |
Arranger: | Ernest MacMillan |
1 Gentle Mary laid her Child
lowly in a manger;
there He lay, the undefiled,
to the world a stranger:
such a Babe in such a place,
can He be the Savior?
Ask the saved of all the race
who have found His favor.
2 Angels sang about His birth;
wise men sought and found Him;
heaven’s star shone brightly forth,
glory all around Him:
shepherds saw the wondrous sight,
heard the angels singing;
all the plains were lit that night,
all the hills were ringing.
3 Gentle Mary laid her Child
lowly in a manger;
He is still the undefiled,
but no more a stranger:
Son of God, of humble birth,
beautiful the story;
praise His name in all the earth;
hail the King of glory!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Gentle Mary laid her Child |
Title: | Gentle Mary Laid Her Child |
Author: | Joseph Simpson Cook (1919) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6 D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2010 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | God the Son: Christmastide; Christian Year-Christmastide |
Copyright: | © 1956, 1958, 2009 by Gordon V. Thompson, Ltd. |
Notes: | Now Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | TEMPUS ADEST FLORIDUM |
Arranger: | Ernest MacMillan (1930) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6 D |
Key: | D Major |
Source: | Piae Cantiones 1582 |
Copyright: | Arr. © 1956, 1958, 2009 by Gordon V. Thompson |