I Wonder as I Wander

The bells ring out across the west country this Christmas morning

And man listens and drinks at the springs of wonder. Like

The sailor from Devonport, Petty Officer Tawney of HMS Murray

I wonder as I wander all under the sky

Why Jesus, our Saviour, did come for to die

For poor on'ry people like you and like I

I wonder as I wander all under the sky

When Mary birthed Jesus 'twas in a cow's stall

With shepherds and farmers and wise men and all

But high in God's Heaven a star's light did fall

The promise of the ages it then did recall