1. All hail! All hail to the natal day
Of the Lord of life and glory!
Your homage bring to the Infant King,
As ye chant the wondrous story.
[Chorus]
To Bethlehem! To Bethlehem!
Is the way we now are wending:
To Jesus born in Bethlehem,
Are the thoughts of all hearts tending.
2. Age follows age in a ceaseless round,
Since the angels' midnight greeting:
Men live and die - but the Church for aye
Is at Christmastide repeating. [Chorus]
3. Then come and awake your tuneful strain,
As ye sing in exultation;
Come, bear your part with a grateful heart
In this Day's commemoration. [Chorus]
4. Yes, onward, ye Christians, onward move,
On to Bethlehem to meet Him;
With reverent mirth, O ye sons of Earth,
As your God Incarnate greet Him. [Chorus]