by John McClure (1893 - 1956)
The holy infant
Language: English
Mary stood at the manger-side With her elbows on the rim; He smiled the whimsical sweet smile That shamed the cherubim, Then straight-way toss’d His little legs, The hay-pricks tickled Him. Mary laugh’d and bent down low Mary, bless’d of God’s grace! He curl’d His little pink toes up And gurgled in her face: Then pull’d her hair right sturdily In that calm[,] holy place. Ay, Jesus was a baby, too, And pluck’d His mother’s hair. She loved Him much more thus, I ween, Than as a King anywhere.
Authorship:
- by John McClure (1893 - 1956) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Edward C. Harris (1899 - ?), "The holy infant", published 1937, copyright © 1937 [high voice and piano], New York: Galaxy Music Corp [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2019-03-06
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