PROLOGUE
Before curtain rises there is sung—
Chorus. O! tidings of comfort and joy.
2. In Bethlehem, in Jewry, This blessed Babe was born, And laid within a manger, Upon this blessed morn. The which His mother Mary Did nothing take in scorn.
Chorus. O! tidings ...
3. From God our Heavenly Father A blessed Angel came, And unto certain Shepherds Brought tidings of the same: How that in Bethlehem was born The Son of God by name.
Chorus. O! tidings ...