Angels (sing):
Little children, who are ye,
Clad like shepherds? List to me,
For I am a stranger:
Why do ye come here to-day?
Choir or Class (sing answer):
It was the shepherds who first, they say,
Beheld the Child in the manger,
Beheld the Child in the manger.
(The three Shepherds enter chancel and recite.)
Shepherds:
We come as the shepherds came that day
To see where the baby Jesus lay.
And we pray
The Christ-love dwell in our hearts this Christmas day.
Angels (sing):
Little kings whom I behold,
Robed in purple, crowned with gold,
Hearken to a stranger:
Tell me why you carry a star!
Choir or Class (sing answer):