Maranatha Resources

I.
WHAT CHILD IS THIS
WHO LAID TO REST
ON MARY'S LAP IS SLEEPING?

WHOM ANGELS GREET
WITH ANTHEMS SWEET,
WHILE SHEPHERDS
WATCH ARE KEEPING?

CHORUS
THIS, THIS IS CHRIST THE KING,
WHOM SHEPHERDS GUARD
AND ANGELS SING

HASTE, HASTE,
TO BRING HIM LAUD,
THE BABE, THE SON OF MARY

II,
WHY LIES HE IN
SUCH MEAN ESTATE,
WHERE OX AND ASS
ARE FEEDING?

GOOD CHRISTIANS, FEAR,
FOR SINNERS HERE
THE SILENT WORD
IS PLEADING

CHORUS
NAILS, SPEAR SHALL PIERCE
HIM THROUGH,
THE CROSS BE BORNE
FOR ME, FOR YOU

HAIL, HAIL THE WORD
MADE FLESH,
THE BABE, THE SON OF MARY

III.
SO BRING HIM INCENSE,
GOLD AND MYRRH,
COME PEASANT,
KING TO OWN HIM

THE KING OF KINGS
SALVATION BRINGS,
LET LOVING HEARTS
ENTHRONE HIM

CHORUS
RAISE, RAISE A SONG ON HIGH,
THE VIRGIN SINGS HER LULLABY
JOY, JOY FOR CHRIST IS BORN,
THE BABE, THE SON OF MARY

THE BABE, THE SON OF MARY
THE BABE, THE SON OF MARY