Historic Sheet Music Collection

Document Type

Score

Publication Date

1918

Comments

The Birthday of a King, Christmas song By W.H. Neidlinger. Soprano, or Tenor in B. M Soprano, or Baritone in A. G. Schirmer, Inc., New York.

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Lyrics

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:
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.

'Twas a humble birth-place,
But oh! how much God gave us that day,
From the manger bed, what a path has led
What a perfect holy way:
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.

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