The Cambridge Carol Book/My Lord, and my God, in Bethlehem born

by George Ratcliffe Woodward

XX. MY LORD, AND MY GOD, IN BETHLEHEM BORN

1.My Lord, and my God, in Bethlehem born,
Sweet Babe Jesu, on Christmas morn:
Hail! Everlasting Son, display'd
To mortal view by Mary Maid,
My Lord, and my God, in Bethlehem born.

2.More wonderful sight hath never bin seen;
For Thou, in stable bare and mean,
Though King of heav'n, art fain to rest
Upon an earthly mother's breast:
More wonderful sight ne'er, ne'er shall be seen.

3.Thou in the beginning madest the skies,
Bespangling heav'n with stars for eyes:
And Thou didst form this earth of ours,
Adorning it with trees and flow'rs;
Yet swath'd in a crib their Fashioner lies.

4.Around the dry land Thou pouredst the sea,
And set'st his bounds with sure decree;
But, bending heaven, so to crown
Mankind with bliss, Thou camest down:
Babe Jesu, my God, all glory to Thee!