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Thread #3225   Message #15763
Posted By: Joe Offer
05-Nov-97 - 01:28 AM
Thread Name: Christmas songs
Subject: Lyr Add: WHAT CHILD IS THIS?^^^
Well, here’s "What Child Is This?" complete with that awful second verse.

What Child is This?

What child is this, who, laid to rest
On Mary's lap, is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet,
While shepherds watch are keeping?
This, this is Christ the King,
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing:
Haste, haste to bring him laud,
The Babe, the Son of Mary!

Why lies He in such mean estate,
Where ox and ass are feeding?
Good Christian, fear: for sinners here,
The silent world is pleading:
Nails, spear shall pierce him through,
The cross be born, for me, for you:
Hail, the Word made flesh,
The Babe, the son of Mary!

So bring Him incense, gold, and myrrh,
Come peasant king to own Him,
The King of kings, salvation brings,
Let loving hearts enthrone Him.
Raise, raise the song on high,
The Virgin sings her lullaby:
Joy, joy, for Christ is born,
The Babe, the Son of Mary!

The tune, of course, is "Greensleeves."
-Joe Offer-