A BABE IS BORN
(Traditional - 15th Century English)

New College Choir (Oxford) - 1994
King's College Choir (Cambridge) - 1996
Trinity Church Choir (New York) - 2001


A Babe is born all of a May
In the salvation of us
To Him we sing both night and day
Veni creator spiritus

At Bethlehem that blessed place
The child of bliss was born
Him to serve God give us grace
O lux beata trinitas

The angel came down with a cry
A fair song then sung he
In the worship of that child
Gloria tibi Domine

There came three kings out of the East
To worship the King so high
With gold and myrrh and frankincense
A solis ortus cardine

The shepherds heard an angel cry
A merry song sung he
Why are ye so sore aghast
Jam ortus solis cardine