Nothing Special   »   [go: up one dir, main page]

What Child Is This

Download as pdf or txt
Download as pdf or txt
You are on page 1of 1

338 What Child Is This?

Tune: GREENSLEEVES (87 87 68 67)


1.
2.
3.

What Child is
Why lies
He
So bring Him

this
in
in -

who, laid
such mean
cense, gold

Text: William Dix (1898)

to
rest
On Mar - ys
es - tate, Where ox
and
and myrrh, Come peas - ant,

lap
ass
king

Whom an - gels greet with an - thems sweet, While shep - herds


Good Chris - tians, fear,
for sin - ners here The si - lent
The King of
kings sal - va - tion brings, Let lov - ing


This,
Nails,
Raise,


Haste,
Hail,
Joy,

this
is Christ the
spear shall pierce Him
raise
a song
on

haste,
hail
joy

to bring Him
the Word made
for Christ
is

King, Whom shep - herds


through, The cross
be
high,
The vir - gin


laud,
flesh,
born,

The
The
The

Babe,
Babe,
Babe,

is
are
to

sleep feed own

are keep - ing?


is plead - ing.
en- throne
Him.

watch
Word
hearts

guard
borne
sings

and
for
her

Son
Son
Son

of
of
of

an - gels sing;
me,
for you.
lull - a - by.



the
the
the

ing?
ing?
Him;

Mar
Mar
Mar

If you would like this Hymn in a different key, please E-mail: chabanel@ccwatershed.org
To learn more about the 750-page Vatican II Hymnal, please visit ccwatershed.org/vatican

y.
y.
y.

You might also like