Bring a light, Jeannette, Isabella! Bring a light, to the cradle run!
It is Jesus, good folk of the village, Christ is born and Mary’s calling.
Ah! ah! beautiful is the mother! Ah! ah! beautiful is her son!

Quietly enter the dark and cold stable, quietly come for a moment or two;
Greet his mother and cradle the baby, handle him gently, very gently.
Hush! Hush! Jesus is sleeping soundly; Ah! ah! see now the babe awakes!

Sing a song of joy for Mary, celebrate the birth of her son.
Courage, now as we walk in the darkness, follow the light, remember Jesus.
Ah! ah! beautiful is his mother! Ah! ah! wonderful is her son!

French carol.
Words edited by Robert Traer.

Other carols in Carols for Our Time.

Ding Dong! Merrily on High
The Coventry Carol
The Friendly Beasts
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
Patapan
What Child is This?
Unto Us a Child is Born
The Huron Carol
A Child is Born
Jesus Born in Bethlehem
In the Dark of Winter
Foom, Foom, Foom!
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Little Drummer Boy
Gabriel's Message
Hush, My Dear
Infant Holy
Savior of the Nations, Come
We Three Kings

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