Christmas
Christ Was Born On Christmas Day
- Words:
- Traditional
- Music:
- Traditional
Sheet music
- 1Christ was born on Christmas Day,Wreathe the holly, twine the bay;Christus natus hodie;The Babe, the Son, the Holy One of Mary, of Mary.He is born to set us free,He is born our Lord to be,Ex Maria Virgine,The God, the Lord, by all adored forever, forever.
- 2Let the bright red berries glow,Everywhere in goodly show,Christus natus hodie;The Babe, the Son, the Holy One of Mary, of Mary.Christian men, rejoice and sing,‘Tis the birthday of a King,Ex Maria Virgine;The God, the Lord, by all adored forever, forever.
In the hymnals
- The words are in 28 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.