For Christmas Eve

"The Nativity" ("Holy Night")

by Antonio da Correggio, 1529-30

"Infant Holy, Infant Lowly"

performed by The Clare College Singers

Infant holy, Infant lowly,

for His bed a cattle stall;

Oxen lowing, little knowing,

Christ the Babe is Lord of all.

Swift are winging angels singing,

noels ringing, tidings bringing:

Christ the Babe is Lord of all.

Flocks were sleeping, shepherds keeping

vigil till the morning new

Saw the glory, heard the story,

tidings of a Gospel true.

Thus rejoicing, free from sorrow,

praises voicing, greet the morrow:

Christ the Babe was born for you.

This is a traditional Polish carol, and was translated into English by Edith M. Reed in 1921.