Christmas Song Video

I love carols.  I love how some of them are really old, and connect us to generations of Christmas celebrators from years past.  And I love the great lyrics.  Many of them express the source of sustaining hope that keeps us going in our work.  And some of them are buried somewhere in the 3rd stanza, where they don't get a lot of attention.  So I wrote this song, piecing together some of my favorite Christmas lyrics.

My recording gear isn't working so well, so here's a video.  If you think of a name for the song, pass it on, since it doesn't have one yet.

Merry Christmas!

(For bonus Christmas geeky points: there are 9 carols referenced in the lyrics.  Can you name them?  The prize is knowing that you are awesome.)

O Come, O Dayspring, come and cheer

For we all are late in time

And our world lays long in darkness here

For the hope of all the earth to shine

the hope of all the earth to shine

Silently comes a wondrous gift

Mild, he lays his glory by

Deep anthems now the earth does lift

Born that man no more may die

Born that man no more may die

A half-spent night, a midnight clear

Held fast, our world in darkness bound

the silent Word is pleading here

He comes to make his blessings flow

Far as the curse is found

Look for now, glad and golden hours

and swiftly, healing in his wings

He makes the nations prove his powers

of the life and light to all he brings

the life and light to all he brings.