The Shepherd's Carol

We stood on the hills, Lady

Our day's work done

Watching the frosted meadows

That winter had won

The evening was calm, Lady

The air so still

Silence more lovely than music

Folded the hill

There was a star, Lady

Shone in the night

Larger than Venus it was

And bright, so bright

Oh, a voice from the sky, Lady

It seemed to us then

Telling of God being born

In the world of men

And so we have come, Lady

Our day's work done

Our love, our hopes, ourselves

We give to your son