Christmas Every Week: The Child From Heaven
Arnold Kellett made this translation of the French carol 'I'l1 est ne le divin enfant'
Chorus
He is born, the Child from heaven
, Let the merry pipes proclaim it!
He is born, the Child from heaven,
Let us sing the Saviour's birth!
1.
For more than four thousand years
Prophets had foretold his coming,
For more than four thousand years -
Now at last the Lord appears!
2.
Ah! How fair and full of charm,
Perfect all his lovely graces!
Ah! How fair and full of charm,
Cradled safe from every harm.
3.
In a cow-shed is where he lies,
In his little bed of straw,
In a cow-shed is where he lies,
Humbled Lord of all the skies!
4.
O Jesus, our Almighty King,
Though you are a tiny baby,
O Jesus, our Almighty King,
We'll obey you in everything!
Chorus
He is born, the Child from heaven,
Let the merry pipes proclaim it!
He is born, the Child from heaven,
Let us sing the Saviour's birth!
