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From Heaven Above to Earth I Come

9.	Ah, Lord, who hast created all,
	How hast Thou made Thee weak and small,
	That Thou must choose Thy infant bed
	Where ass and ox but lately fed. 
10.	Were earth a thousand times as fair,
	Beset with gold and jewels rare,
	She yet were far too poor to be
	A narrow cradle, Lord, for thee. 
11.	For velvets soft and silken stuff
	Thou hast but hay and straw so rough 
	Whereon Thou King, so rich and great,
	As 'twere Thy heaven, art throned in state. 
12.	Thus hath it pleased Thee to make plain
	The truth to us, poor fools and vain,
	That this world's honor, wealth and might
	Are naught and worthless in thy sight. 
13.	Ah, dearest Jesus, Holy Child,
	Make Thee a bed, soft, undefiled,
	Within my heart, that it may be
	A quiet chamber kept for thee. 
14.	My heart for very joy doth leap,
	My lips no more can silence keep,
	I too must sing, with joyful tongue,
	That sweetest ancient cradle song:- 
15.	Glory to God in highest heaven,
	Who unto man his Son hath given!
	While angels sing, with pious mirth,
	A glad New Year to all the earth.
Words:     Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her
Martin Luther, Klug's Hymnal 1535
Translation by Catherine Winkworth, Chorale Book for England, 1863
Music:     VOM HIMMEL HOCH §1046
Martin Luther?, Geistliche Lieder auffs new gebessert und gemehrt (Leipzig 1539, Valten Schumann)
harmonization by Alfred Dörffel (1821-1905), Choralbuch zum Schul und häuslichen Gebrauch
>>Midi File [s1046h.mid]<<
§1046h - Verses 1-8
§1046h - Verses 1-8 Auf Deutsch
§1046i - Choral Harmonization by Adam Gumpelzhaimer
§1046j - SAATB Choral Harmonization by Georgius Förster
§1046c - Organ prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach
§1046d - Organ prelude by Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow
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