The Hymnbook ‎#155

155. 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.
Ay! 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.
Ay! we shout to the lovely evangel they bring,
And we greet in His cradle our Saviour and King!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: There's a song in the air!
• Title: There's a Song in the Air!
• Author: Josiah G. Holland (1872)
• Meter: 6. 6. 6. 6. 12. 12.
• Publication Date: 1955
• Scripture:
  Micah 5:2
  ;
  Luke 2:7-14
  ;
  John 3:7
• Topic: Christ: Birth and Infancy; Christ: King; Star in the East; Jesus Christ: His Birth
• Copyright: Words used by permission of Charles Scribner's Sons.

Tune Information

• Name: CHRISTMAS SONG
• Composer: Karl P. Harrington (1904)
• Meter: 6. 6. 6. 6. 12. 12.
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Music copyright by Karl P. Harrington; renewal, 1933. Used by permission.