Tell the Christmas Story

Tell

O tell the Christ­mas sto­ry

Children who to Christ be­long!

Give to God the Fa­ther glo­ry—

All cre­ation swell the song!

Tell

O tell the Christ­mas sto­ry

Tell it with ex­ult­ing voice!

Christ is born

the Lord of glo­ry;

Christ is come

let earth re­joice!

Tell of shep­herds who were fright­ed

By a shin­ing host that sang

News of joy to men be­night­ed

While the list­en­ing mid­night rang.

Tell the story of the man­ger

Of the Child and of His star;

Tell of Egypt’s flight from dan­ger;

Tell of wise men from afar.

Ah

but first in all your tell­ing

Be the love of God to men!

Hail! Im­ma­nu­el

with us dwell­ing

Sound the note of praise again!