Lyr Add: SFTD - The Manger Cradle - 12/1/99

Subject: SFTD - The Manger Cradle - 12/1/99
From: katlaughing
Date: 01 Dec 99 - 02:16 PM

From Sing, Children, Sing by Edith Lovell Thomas, 1939, dedicated "To The Poets and Musicians who Pitched these Songs for Children's Voices"; Abingdon-Cokesbury Press New York - Nashville.

Adapted from a theme by Chopin, words by Alice Gregg:

THE MANGER CRADLE
(The Creche)

Come, hang the greens and plant the tree,
And light the Christmas candles;
Your carols sing of wise men three,
Of shepherds in their sandals.

Go, get you straw and get you wood,
And build again the stable;
For you will find it very good,
Who dress in silk and sable.

Go, build again the wooden bed,
The cattle standing 'round it,
The straw to pillow His sweet head,
The shepherds to surround it.

Then kneel beside the manger bed,
And feel the loving awe
That takes all simple-hearted folk
Who kneel upon the straw.

At bottom of page this note: "From the Pilgrim Elementary Teacher Copyright, The Pilgrim Press. Used by permission."

I will try to get the tune put into Noteworthy Composer, either today or tomorrow. I do not know it, so cannot send it by VoizMail. Sorry, kat