The Babe of Bethlehem - Walker, William

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"Words by an unknown author, first appearing in ''Southern Harmony'', 1835, with eight stanzas."

◈ Genre → Sacred

♯ Key A minor

⁄ Time Signature 6/4

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range A2 – E5

♩ Tempo allegrissimo (140)

◷ Duration ~44 sec

¶ Language → English

Measures 18

Texture mixed texture

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 1

CPDL # 50266

Editor Barry Johnston

Posted 2018-06-22

License Public Domain

♫Pitch Ranges

Tr.

A4 – E5

D4 – C5

E3 – A4

A2 – C4

¶Lyrics / Text

1. Ye nations all, on you I call, Come hear this declaration, And don’t refuse this glorious news Of Jesus and salvation. To royal Jews came first the news Of Christ the great Messiah, As was foretold by prophets old, Isaiah, Jeremiah. 2. To Abraham the promise came, And to his seed for ever, A light to shine in Isaac's line, By scripture we discover; Hail, promised morn! the Savior’s born, The glorious Mediator, God's blessed Word made flesh and blood, Assumed the human nature. 3. His parents poor in earthly store, To entertain the stranger They found no bed to lay his head, But in the ox’s manger; No royal things, as used by kings, were seen by those that found him, But in the hay the stranger lay, With swaddling bands around him.