1 Child in the manger, infant of Mary,
outcast and stranger, Lord of all!
Child who inherits all our transgressions,
all our demerits on him fall.

2 Monarchs have tender, delicate children
nourished in splendor, day by day;
death soon shall banish honor and beauty;
pleasure shall vanish, forms decay.

3 But the most holy Child of salvation
gently and lowly lived below;
now as our glorious mighty Redeemer,
see him victorious o'er each foe.

4 Prophets foretold him, infant of wonder;
angels beheld him on his throne;
worthy our Savior of all their praises;
happy forever are his own.