Christmas Day Is Come
MICHAEL PHILIP MCGLYNN
Christmas day is come, let us prepare for mirth
Which fills the heavens and earth at his amazing birth
And you, oh glorious star, that with new splendor brings
From the remotest parts three learned eastern kings
Cease you blessed angels, clamorous noise to make
Though midnight silence favors, shepherds are awake
And you, oh glorious star, that with new splendor brings
From the remotest parts three learned eastern kings
Gloria in excelsis deo
Christmas is in glory, all torment past
What 'ere betide us now grant us the same at last
Through both Thy joyous angels in strife and hurry fly
With glory and hosanna they cry
Gloria in excelsis deo