Jesus Christ Is Born Today: Christmas Hymn
Introduction Christ is born! Glorify Him! Today I have a Christmas hymn I wrote years ago, though I did some adjustments to the text today. The inspiration, of course, is the famous Paschal hymn, "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today": originally, my first verse was simply a Christmas-themed rewrite of that hymn's first verse. With further work, though, my hymn drifted away from a strict "parody" of the Paschal hymn. Like it, though, my hymn is set to the tune "Lyra Davidica," taken from the 1708 hymn collection of the same name. Jesus Christ is Born Today by Brandon P. Otto on Scribd Scribd link for the above document: here . Internet Archive mirror: https://archive.org/details/jesus-christ-is-born-today Text 1. Jesus Christ is born today, (Alleluia!) in a starlit earthen cave, (Alleluia!) When He once in Bedlam town (Alleluia!) Donned our flesh and doffed His crown! (Alleluia!) 2. Born of Mary, virgin pure, (Alleluia!) who was virgin did e...