Unto us a boy is born Unto us a boy is born! King of all creation, Came He to a world forlorn, The Lord of every nation, The Lord of every nation. Cradled in a stall was He With sleepy cows and asses; But the very beasts could see That He all men surpasses, That He all men surpasses. Herod then with fear was filled: 'A Prince,' he said, 'in Jewry!' All the little boys he killed At Bethlem in his fury, At Bethlem in his fury. Now may Mary's Son who came So long ago to love us, Lead us all with hearts aflame Unto the joys above us, Unto the joys above us. Alpha and Omega He! Let the organ thunder, While the choir with peals of glee Doth rend the air asunder, Doth rend the air asunder!