Hans Andersen's Carol

Child Jesus came to earth this day,

To save us sinners dying;

And cradled in the straw and hay,

The holy one is lying.

The stars shine down the child to greet,

The lowing oxen kiss his feet.

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Child Jesus.

Take courage, soul, so weak and worn,

Thy sorrows have departed;

A child in David's town is born,

To heal the broken-hearted.

Then let us haste this child to find,

And children be in heart and mind.

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Child Jesus.