Browse Carols: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # The First Christmas Night 1. I should like to have heard the Angels sing, On that first great Christmas morn, To have knelt and listened to music so sweet, O'er the Babe in Bethlehem born. [Chorus:] But I may sing of that Babe today, Oh, so tender, so kind, so fair, And the Angels still gladden our Christmas morn, And sing in our midnight air. 2. I should have like to have watched the great stars shine, As they did that Christmas night; Till my heart was bright with a heavenly flame, And my soul was bathed in light. [Chorus:] But the stars are still there in heaven above, And as sweetly still they shine; And the lapse of years and the wear of time Make no change in that heaven of mine. 3. I should like to have been a shepherd there, To have watched my flock by night, To have seen the wonderful glory shine, Till the hills were paved with light. [Chorus:] But I need no Bethel hill to climb Nor a shepherd my calling be, For I'm but a sheep, and no shepherd I, That Jesus must be to me. 4. I should like to have seen that manger crib, To have knelt before that shrine, To have laid my gift at those tender feet, And have worshipped the Babe divine. [Chorus:] But I may worship that Babe today, And as truly my Christmas see, For His presence is now my Bethlehem, And His love shall my carol be. Browse Carols: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #