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Verse 1
There’s a song in the air! (Luke 2:13-14)
There’s a star in the sky! (Matt. 2:1-2, Matt. 2:9-10)
There’s a mother’s deep prayer
And a baby’s low cry!
And the star rains its fire
While the beautiful sing, (Luke 2:13-14)
For the manger of Bethlehem
Cradles a king! (Luke 2:7, Luke 2:11-12)
Verse 2
There’s a tumult of joy (Matt. 2:10-11)
O’er the wonderful birth,
For the virgin’s sweet boy (Isa. 7:14, Matt. 1:23, Luke 1:34-35)
Is the Lord of the earth. (Josh. 3:11, Ps. 24:1, Ps. 97:5, Mic. 4:13)
Ay! the star rains its fire
While the beautiful sing,
For the manger of Bethlehem
Cradles a king! (Luke 2:7)
Verse 3
In the light of that star
Lie the ages impearled;
And that song from afar
Has swept over the world.
Every hearth is aflame,
And the beautiful sing
In the homes of the nations
That Jesus is king! (Ps. 96:10)
Verse 4
We rejoice in the light,
And we echo the song
That comes down through the night
From the heavenly throng. (Luke 2:13-14)
Ay! we shout to the lovely
Evangel they bring, (Isa. 52:7, Luke 2:10-11, Rom. 10:15)
And we greet in His cradle
Our Savior and king! (Luke 2:7)