The Huron Carol
Once in the moon of wintertime, when all the birds had
fled.
The mighty Gitchi Manitou sent angel choirs instead.
Before their light the stars grew dim, and wandering hunters heard their hymn:
"Jesus your king is born; Jesus is born, in excelsis gloria."
Within a lodge of broken bark the tender infant lay
Wrapped in a robe of rabbit skin, upon a bed of hay.
And as the hunters brave drew near, the angel song rang loud and clear:
"Jesus your king is born; Jesus is born, in excelsis gloria."
The early moon of wintertime is not as bright and fair,
As was the light that hovered oer the helpless infant there.
Chiefs from afar before him knelt with gifts of fox and beaver pelt.
"Jesus your king is born; Jesus is born, in excelsis gloria."
O daughters of the wind and pines, O sons of Manitou,
The holy child of earth and sky is born today for you.
Come, look upon the radiant face that brings us love and peace and grace.
"Jesus your king is born; Jesus is born, in excelsis gloria."
Native American carol.
Words edited by Robert Traer.
Other carols in Carols
for Our Time.
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
The Coventry Carol
The Friendly Beasts
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
Patapan
What Child is This?
Unto Us a Child is Born
A
Child is Born
Bring a Light, Jeannette, Isabella
Jesus Born in Bethlehem
In the Dark of Winter
Foom, Foom, Foom!
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Little Drummer Boy
Gabriel's Message
Hush, My Dear
Infant Holy
Savior of the Nations, Come
We Three Kings
Carols for Our Time is now
available for purchase either as a printed 8.5" x 11" songbook, or as
a CD, or both. The cost of the songbook is $10/copy, or $9/copy for 25-99
copies, of $8/copy for 100 copies or more. The cost of the CD is $10 for a
copy. To order Carols for Our Time as a
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94706.
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