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Behold, a virgin shall be with child
Language: English 
Behold, a virgin shall be with child,
And shall bring forth a son,
And they shall call his name Emmanuel,
God is with us, 
God is with us,
God is with us,
God is with us,
Gloria in excelsis, 
Gloria in excelsis Deo,
Gloria, Gloria in excelsis Deo,
Gloria, Gloria, Gloria, in excelsis,
Gloria in excelsis Deo,
Gloria in excelsis Deo. 
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, 
And shall bring forth a son.
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, 
And shall bring forth a son.

Text Authorship:

  • by Bible or other Sacred Texts , Matthew 1:23.  [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 John La Montaine (1920 - 2013), "Behold, a virgin shall be with child", from Songs of the Nativity, no. 1. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Sanna Mansikkaniemi

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 17
Word count: 87

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