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This is the duet recorded by The Hound + The Fox. The harmonies make the song.
[VERSE]
[WCiT Verse 1 G OIST 1:]
EmGD
What child is this, who, laid to rest,
EmCB
On Mary's lap is sleeping?
EmGD
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet,
EmBEm
While shepherds watch are keeping?
[VERSE]
[CotP Verse 1 G OIST 2:]
EmGD
Helpless and hungry, lowly afraid,
EmCB
Wrapped in the chill of mid-winter
EmGDEm
Comes now among us, born into poverty's embrace,
BEm
New life for the world
[CHORUS]
[CotP Chorus DUET:]
EmGD
Who is this who lives with the lowly, Sharing their sorrows,
CB
Knowing their hunger?
GD
This is Christ, revealed to the world
EmBEm
In the eyes of a child, a child of the poor.
Cmaj7DEm
[VERSE]
| [WCiT Verse 1:]
|
| EmGD
| What child is this, who, laid to rest,
| EmCB
| On Mary's lap is sleeping?
| EmGD
| Whom angels greet with anthems sweet,
| EmBEm
| While shepherds watch are keeping?
|
Unison
| [CotP Verse 2:]
|
| EmGD
| Who is the stranger, here in our midst,
| EmCB
| Looking for shelter among us?
| EmGDEm
| Who is this outcast? Who do we see amidst the poor,
| BEm
| The children of God?
[CHORUS]
| [WCiT Chorus:]
|
| GD
| This, this is Christ the King,
| EmCB
| Whom shepherds guard and angels sing:
| GD
| Haste, haste to bring him laud,
| EmBEm
| The babe, the son of Mary.
|
Unison
| [CotP Chorus:]
|
| EmGD
| Who is this who lives with the lowly, Sharing their sorrows,
| CB
| Knowing their hunger?
| GD
| This is Christ, revealed to the world
| EmBEm
| In the eyes of a child, a child of the poor.
|
Cmaj7DEm
[VERSE]
[WCiT Verse 3 DUET:]
EmGD
So bring him incense, gold, and myrrh,
EmCB
Come, peasant, king, to own him.
EmGD
the King of kings salvation brings,
EmBEm
Let loving hearts enthrone him.
[VERSE]
[CotP Verse 3 DUET:]
EmGD
Bring all the thirsty, (all) who seek peace;
EmCB
Unison Bring those with nothing to offer,
Alt Em G D
Melodies Strengthen the feeble, say to (the) frightened heart:
EmBEm
"Fear not, here is your God!".
[CHORUS]
|
| [WCiT Chorus:]
| GD
| This, this is Christ the King,
| EmCB
| Whom shepherds guard and angels sing:
| GD
| Haste, haste to bring him laud,
| EmBEm
| The babe, the son of Mary.
|
Unison [CotP Chorus:]
|
| EmGD
| Who is this who lives with the lowly, Sharing their sorrows,
| CB
| Knowing their hunger?
| GD
| This is Christ, revealed to the world
| EmBEm
| In the eyes of a child, a child of the poor.
|