A Christmas Carol
Language:
English
The Christ-child lay on Mary's lap,
His hair was like a light.
O weary, weary were the world,
But here is all aright.
The Christ-child lay on Mary's breast,
His hair was like a star.
O stern and cunning are the kings,
But here the true hearts are.
The Christ-child lay on Mary's heart,
His hair was like a fire.
O weary, weary is the world,
But here the world's desire.
The Christ-child stood at Mary's knee,
His hair was like a crown.
And all the flowers looked up at Him,
And all the stars looked down.
O weary, weary were the world,
But here the world is aright.
Input by Barbara Miller
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text),
listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
 by David Frederick Barlow (1927-1975)
, "The world's desire", published 1958. [SATB chorus a cappella]
by Charles Black (1903-)
, "The stars looked down", published 1961. [soprano obbligato and SATB chorus a cappella]
by Donald Joseph Cashmore (1926-)
, "The world's desire", published 1962. [SATB chorus a cappella]
by Marion Conklin Chapman
, "The world's desire", published 1941. [SATB chorus and piano]
by J. Willis Conant
, "The Christ-child lay on Mary's lap", published 1956. [high or medium voice and piano]
by Mabel Wheeler Daniels (1878-1971)
, "The Christ-child", published 1931. [SATB chorus a cappella]
by Norman Dello Joio (1913-)
, "A Christmas Carol", published 1962. [SATB or SSA chorus and piano]
by James McDonald Gayfer (1916-)
, "The world's desire", 1965. [medium voice and piano]
by Sidney Heys
, "The Christ-child lay on Mary's lap", published 1970 [voice and piano], from Two carols, no. ?
by Margaret Johnstone
, "The Christ-child", published 1951. [SATB chorus and piano]
by Thomas Tertius Noble (1867-1953)
, "The world's desire", published 1935.
by Thomas Baron Pitfield (1903-1999)
, "The Christ child" [chorus or unison voices and piano or organ]
by George Rathbone (1874-?)
, "The Christ-child", published 1924. [voice and piano]
by Martin Edward Fallas Shaw (1875-1958)
, "The world's desire", published 1928. [mixed voices and piano]
by Jack Meredith Tatton (1901-1970)
, "The Christ-child", published 1939. [unison voices and piano]
by Roy Teed (1928-)
, "The Christ-child", c1960 [soprano or mezzo-soprano, baritone, and orchestra or piano], from So Blest a Day, no. ?
by Vally Weigl, née Pick (1894?89?-1982)
, "A Christmas Carol", published 1962. [mezzo-soprano and optional SA chorus a cappella]
by Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson (1931-)
, "A Christmas Carol", published 1965. [low voice and piano]
by Arthur Wills (1926-)
, "The Christ-child lay on Mary's lap", published 1966. [unison voices and piano]
Date added to the website: 2004-02-10.
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