Little Children, Can You Tell?

Little child­ren

can you tell

Do you know the sto­ry well

Every girl and ev­ery boy

Why the an­gels sing for joy

On the Christ­mas mor­ning.

Yes

we know the sto­ry well;

Listen now

and hear us tell

Every girl and ev­ery boy

Why the an­gels sing for joy

On the Christ­mas morn­ing.

Shepherds sat up­on the ground

Fleecy flocks were scat­tered round

When a bright­ness filled the sky

And a song was heard on high

On the Christ­mas morn­ing.

Joy and peace! the an­gels sang;

Far the plea­sant ech­oes rang;

Peace on earth

to men good-will;

Hark! the an­gels sing it still

On the Christ­mas morn­ing.

For a lit­tle babe that day

Cradled in a man­ger lay

Born on earth our Lord to be;

This the won­der­ing an­gels see

On the Christ­mas morn­ing.

Joy our lit­tle hearts shall fill

Peace and love

and all good-will;

This fair Babe of Beth­le­hem

Children loves

and bless­es them

On the Christ­mas morn­ing.