Songs for our nativity Term 4 09 We need to learn the words!

A cross of stars ‘Wherever I go’ page 21 words and music by Andrew Chinn

Across these great lands she brought the good news
With courage and love in her heart
That faith and hope and love may live
Beneath a cross of stars
Beneath a cross of stars


Early in life she heard God’s call
The call of Christ to stand with the poor
To serve like Joseph, to serve in deed
To teach, to love, to answer a need

Soon others saw Mary’s shining light
They came from far and they came from wide
To stand with the poor to teach with the young
To see that Christ’s song would one day be sung

“Have courage no matter what your crosses are,”
This Mary knew when times were hard
She trusted in God, and God did provide
And Mary’s love travelled far and wide


Across a vast land from North to South
And to the land of the Long White Cloud
She carried her dream, she followed her call
So that our faith would live in us all

Ka waiata ki a Maria
Hine i whakaae
Whakameatia mai
Hei whare tangata [tangata]
Hine purotu, hine ngakau,
Hine rangimarie
Ko te whaea, ko te whaea
O te ao [a te ao]


I sing to Mary, our Mother
The one who heard God’s call
The call to be the mother
Of our Lord [of us all]
Gentle woman, loving mother
Our lady Queen of peace
I sing to Mary, the mother of our Lord
[Of us all]


It came upon a midnight clear

It came upon a mid-night clear
That glorious song of old
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold
Peace on earth goodwill to men
From heaven’s all gracious King
The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels sing

It came upon a midnight clear
It came upon a midnight clear

For lo the days are hastening on
By prophets seen of old
When with the ever circling years
Shall come the time foretold
When the new heaven and earth shall own
The Prince of Peace their King
And the whole wide world send
Back the song
Which now the angels sing

It came upon a midnight clear
It came upon a midnight clear

O come to the stable words and music by S.M Jerome

O come to the stable and see who is there
O come in so softly tread gently with care
A baby is lying on rough manger straw
The fair-est the dear-est that ever you saw

O come to the stable words and music by S.M Jerome

O come to the stable and see who is there
O come in so softly tread gently with care
A baby is lying on rough manger straw
The fair-est the dear-est that ever you saw

Calypso carol ‘Celebrate tape’ side B track 7

See him a lying on a bed of straw
A draughty stable with an open door
Mary cradling the babe she bore
The Prince of Glory is his name

Oh now carry me to Bethlehem
To see the Lord
Appear to men
Just as far as was the stable then
The Prince of Glory when he came

Shower of silver sweep across the skies
Show where Jesus in the manger lies
Shepherds swiftly from your sleepiness
To see the saviour of the world

Oh now carry me to Bethlehem
To see the Lord
Appear to men
Just as far was the stable then
The Prince of Glory when he came

Angels sing again the song you sang
Bring God’s glory to the heart of men
Sing that Bethlehem’s little baby can
Bring salvation to this world

Oh now carry me to Bethlehem
To see the Lord
Appear to men
Just as far as was the stable then
The Prince of Glory when he came