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Text:Child in the manger
Author:Mary Macdonald, 1789-1872
Translator:Lachlan Macbean, 1853-1931
Tune:BUNESSAN
Harmonizer:David Evans, 1874-1948

312. Child in the manger

1 Child in the manger,
Infant of Mary;
outcast and stranger,
Lord of all!
Child who inherits
all our transgressions,
all our demerits
on Him fall.

2 Once the most holy
Child of salvation
gentle and lowly
lived below;
now, as our glorious
mighty Redeemer,
see Him victorious
o'er each foe.

3 Prophets foretold Him,
Infant of wonder;
angels behold Him
on His throne;
worthy our Saviour
of all their praises;
happy for ever
are His own.

Text Information
First Line: Child in the manger
Author: Mary Macdonald, 1789-1872
Translator: Lachlan Macbean, 1853-1931
Meter: 55 53 D
Language: English
Publication Date: 2004
Topic: Jesus Christ: His Birth
Tune Information
Name: BUNESSAN
Harmonizer: David Evans, 1874-1948
Meter: 55 53 D
Key: C Major
Source: Gaelic melody; Harm.: The Revised Church Hymnary
Copyright: Harm. by permission of Oxford University Press



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