7. WHEN CHRIST WAS BORN When Christ was born of Mary free In Bethlehem that fair city. Angels sang with mirth and glee, In Excelsis gloria! In Excelsis gloria! In Excelsis gloria! Angels sang with mirth and glee, In Excelsis gloria! The King is come to save mankind As in the scripture we will find; And this song we have in mind, In Excelsis gloria! In Excelsis gloria! In Excelsis gloria! And this song we have in mind, In Excelsis gloria! - Glen Rock Carolers
Text in c.1450 MS British Library, Harley 5396. Music by Arthur H. Brown (c.1871). In Henry Ramsden Bramley and John Stainer (eds), Christmas Carols: New and Old, London: Novello; New York: H. W. Gray (1871), pp. 42-43. |
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