Advent 2017, Post #8, Traditional Christmas Carols

A few thoughts:  There are websites where one can find ancient carols, so I don't want to overdo here.  This one is from the 1840s in England, written by a woman who would become a Anglican bishop's wife:  Cecil Alexander.  Cecil is seen as a man's name today, but Beverly used to be a man's name, so these things change.

We were supposed to travel this weekend but this sudden snow in North Georgia has prevented that, so I am home to enjoy a weekend by myself of hot chocolate and decorating a tree.  And listening to carols. 

Once in Royal David's city
   Stood a lowly cattle shed.
Where a mother laid her baby
   In a manger for His bed.
Mary was that mother mild,
   Jesus Christ that little child.

He came down to earth from Heaven,
   Who is God and Lord of all.
And his shelter was a stable,
   And his cradle was a stall.
With the poor and mean and lowly,
   Lived on earth our Saviour Holy.

And our eyes at last shall see Him
   Through His own redeeming love,
For that child so dear and gentle
   Is our Lord in Heaven above;
And He leads His children on
   To the place where He is gone.

Not in that poor, lowly stable,
   With the oxen standing by,
We shall see Him; but in Heaven,
   Set at God's right hand on high,
When, like stars, His children crowned
   All in white, shall wait around.