Text: | Gentle Mary Laid Her Child |
Author: | Joseph Simpson Cook |
Tune: | TEMPUS ADEST FLORIDUM |
Arranger: | Ernest C. 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: | 1990 |
Scripture: | ; |
Copyright: | © 1956, 1958 by Gordon V. Thompson, Ltd. |
Notes: | Now Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | TEMPUS ADEST FLORIDUM |
Arranger: | Ernest C. MacMillan (1930) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6 D |
Key: | G Major |
Source: | Piae Cantiones, 1582 |