The Song of Old

The song that rang o’er all Ju­dea’s plains

On that first glad Christ­mas morn

Still is ring­ing

and we join the glad re­frain

Christ the Lord to­day is born.

Glory in the high­est

Hear them sing­ing

glad­ness bring­ing

Glory in the high­est

Christ the Lord this day is born.

The great Mes­si­ah pro­phets had fore­told

Slept with­in a low­ly stall;

Came to earth the me­di­at­or for our sin

To re­deem us from our fall.

The song be­gun by an­gel hosts ab­ove

We

unit­ed

join to sing;

Let ex­ult­ant hal­le­lu­jahs now arise

To our Sav­ior

Lord

and king.