The shepherds had an angel (Charles M. Herrold, Jr.)

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• (Posted 2025-02-14)  CPDL #83844:     

Editor: Charles M. Herrold Jr. (submitted 2025-02-14).   Score information: Letter, 9 pages, 164 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: The shepherds had an angel
Composer: Charles M. Herrold, Jr.
Lyricist: Christina Rossetti
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem

Language: English
Instruments: Organ

First published: 1988, revised 2023
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Original text and translations

English text

The shepherds had an angel, the Wise Men had a star,
But what have I, a little child, to guide me home from far,
Where glad stars sing together, and singing angels are?

Those shepherds, through the lonely night, sat watching by their sheep,
Until they saw the heav'nly host who neither tire nor sleep,
All singing "Glory, glory," in festival they keep.

Lord Jesus is my Guardian, so I can nothing lack,
The lambs lie in his bosom, along life's dangerous track:
The willful lambs that go astray he bleeding fetches back.

Lord, bring me nearer day by day, till I my voice unite,
And sing my "Glory, glory," with angels clad in white,
All "Glory, glory," given to thee, through all the heav'nly height.