For the Babe’s sweet mother, my God;
Only a stable for mother and Babe;
How cruel thy world, my God!
Cast out, cast out, by his brother men
Unknown the Babe, my God;
The ox and the ass alone are there;
Soften, O heart, for thy God!
Dear little arms and sweet little hands,
That stretch for thy mother, my God;
Soft baby eyes to the mother’s eyes;