by Elizabeth Fleming (c1900 - 1979)
The first Christmas
Language: English
A star was His nightlight, His quilt was the sky, and soft sang His Mother, In case He should cry. And all the brown cattle came close to His bed To see the wee Baby asleep in their shed. Softly sing, softly sing, softly sing. His carols were praises of love and good will That rose in the midnight, so calm and so still, To herald the earliest Christmas we know, When Jesus was little, a long while ago. Softly sing, softly sing, softly sing.
Authorship:
- by Elizabeth Fleming (c1900 - 1979) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Celius Dougherty (1902 - 1986), "The first Christmas", published 1950 [voice and piano], G. Schirmer/Hal Leonard [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-04-24
Line count: 18
Word count: 85