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SDAH 133: Now Is Born the Divine Christ Child

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SDAH 133

Now is born the divine Christ child,
Play the musette, play the tuneful oboe,
Now is born the divine Christ child,
Sing we all and rejoice this day.

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Refrain:
Now is born the divine Christ child,
Play the musette, play the tuneful oboe,
Now is born the divine Christ child,
Sing we all and rejoice this day.

1
He was born in a stable bare,
On bed of straw how He sleeps so soundly,
He was born in a stable bare,
Let us worship and to Him bow.

2
Ages long since are past and gone,
When the wise men foretold His coming,
Ages long since are past and gone,
When the wise men foretold His birth.

Hymn Info
Hymn Info


Biblical Reference
(a) Luke 2:7; Matt 2:11 (b) Matt 2:2

Text Source
Traditional French carol

Copyright
Arrangement copyright 1984 by Wayne Hooper

Hymn Tune
IL EST NE

Metrical Number
8.10.8.8.

Arranger / Harmonized / Paraphrased
Arr. by Wayne Hooper, 1984 (1920-2007)

Tune Source
18th century French carol

Theme
BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST

Hymn Score

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Piano Accompaniment

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Notes

The tune name comes from the first line of this traditional French carol: “Il est né, le divine Enfant (He is born, the divine infant). According to Walter Ehret, in the International Book of Christmas Carols, 1963, the melody is from an eighteenth-century air de chasse, Le Tete Bizarde.  

The popularity of this delightful carol was helped along by a beautiful recording made by the famous Roger Wagner Chorale of Los Angeles. Unusual is the fact that it begins and ends with the refrain.  

The arrangement SDAH uses was made by Wayne Hooper (1920- ; see Biographies) especially for this book.  

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