The snow lay on the ground
Old English Carol

Rev. Dr. Lingard
Edv. Grieg
Arr. By N. A. M.

Non troppo lento

1.
The snow lay on the ground, the stars shone bright
When Christ our Lord was born on Christmas night.

2.
'Twas Mary, daughter pure of holy Anne,
That brought into this world the God made Man.

3.
She laid Him in the stall at Bethlehem;
The ass and oxen shared the roof with him.

4.
Saint Joseph to was by, to tend the Child;
To guard Him, and protect His Mother mild.

5.
The angels hovered 'round, and sang this song;
"Venite, adoremus Dominum."

6.
And then that manger poor became a throne;
For He whom Mary bore was God the Son.

7.
O come then, let us join the heav'nly host,
To praise the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

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Copyright 1920 by N. A. M.