The Celebration Hymnal

284

The Birthday of a King

1 In the little village of Bethlehem,  
there lay a Child one day,  
And the sky was bright with a holy light  
o'er the place where Jesus lay.  

Refrain:  
Alleluia! O how the angels sang.  
Alleluia! How it rang!  
And the sky was bright with a holy light,  
'Twas the birthday of a King.  

2 'Twas a humble birth-place, but O how much  
God gave to us that day;  
From the manger bed what a path has led,  
What a perfect, holy way. [Refrain]

WORDS: William Harold Neidlinger
MUSIC: William Harold Neidlinger
Theme: Christ: Birth