Newborn Child

O sister, can you feel it?

All the changes coming round

Oh I know I've been impatient

But it's hard to settle down

There's a humming in the valley

There's a river full of cheer

Where's it's going, I will be there

At the crowning of the year

I wanna get my feet

Where the bells ring out

I wanna shake off the dust

I wanna sing out loud

I've been waiting, I've been waiting

Waiting a long, long while

What's that shaking

Who's that waking

Oh ain't it the newborn child

Ain't it the newborn child

O mother can you hear me?

Oh I know I'm out of tune

Like a drunk up in the choir

Singing I'll be home soon

When I get on my feet

Hear the bells ring out

I'm gonna shake off the dust

I'm gonna sing out loud

I've been waiting, I've been waiting

Waiting a long, long while

What's that shaking

Who's that waking

Oh ain't it the newborn child

Ain't it the newborn child

I go walking on the narrow

But I never get too far

Now I'm falling, now I'm rising

Now I'm crawling in the dark

And I've been waiting