Child in the manger
1 Child in the manger, infant of Mary,
outcast and stranger, Lord of all!
Child who inherits all our transgressions,
all our demerits on him fall.
2 Once the most holy child of salvation
gentle and lowly lived below:
now as our glorious mighty Redeemer,
see him victorious over each foe.
3 Prophets foretold him, infant of wonder;
angels behold him on his throne:
worthy our Saviour of all their praises;
happy for ever are his own.
Mary MacDonald (1789-1872),
translated L MacBean (1853-1931)