120. There's a Song in the Air

1 There's a song in the air!
There's a star in the sky!
There's a mother's deep prayer
And a baby's low cry!
And the star rains its fire while the beautiful sing,
For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a King!

2 There's a tumult of joy
O'er the wonderful birth,
For the virgin's sweet boy
Is the Lord of the earth.
Aye! the star rains its fire while the beautiful sing,
For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a King!

3 In the light of that star
Lie the ages impearled;
And that song from afar
Has swept over the world.
Every hearth is aflame, and the beautiful sing
In the homes of the nations that Jesus is King!

4 We rejoice in the light,
And we echo the song
That comes down through the night
From the heavenly throng.
Aye! we shout to the lovely evangel they bring,
And we greet in his cradle our Savior and King!

Text Information
First Line: There's a song in the air
Title: There's a Song in the Air
Author: Josiah G. Holland (1819-1881) (1872)
Meter: 6.6.6.6.12.12.
Publication Date: 1985
Topic: Jesus Christ: Birth
Tune Information
Name: CHRISTMAS SONG
Composer: Karl P. Harrington (1861-1953) (1904)
Meter: 6.6.6.6.12.12.
Incipit: 56516 75551 35565
Key: G Major or modal



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