Jesus's Words

When a Child is Born

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About the Carol

This carol is a very recent carol. The tune was composed in 1974 with the English lyrics coming around a few years later by Fred Jacobson (1914-1988).

Lyrics Back to Top ↑

A ray of hope flickers in the sky
A tiny star lights up way up high.
All across the land dawns a brand new morn.
This comes to pass, when a child is born.

A silent wish sails the seven seas
The winds of change whispers in the trees
And the walls of doubt tumble tossed and torn
This comes to pass, when a child is born.

A rosy hew settles all around
You start to feel you're on solid ground
For a spell or two no one seems forlorn
This comes to pass, when a child is born

It's all a dream, an illusion now
It must come true, sometimes soon somehow
All across the land, dawns a brand new morn
This comes to pass, when a child is born

Analysis of Carol Back to Top ↑

This song is devoid of many biblical allusions for us to reference. It is, however, a beautiful emotional song putting on display some hopes that people feel when Jesus was born.

A ray of hope flickers in the sky
A tiny star lights up way up high.

A reference to what we now call the Star of Bethlehem, which the wise men followed. When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.Matthew 2:9


All across the land dawns a brand new morn.
This comes to pass, when a child is born.

A silent wish sails the seven seas
The winds of change whispers in the trees
And the walls of doubt tumble tossed and torn
This comes to pass, when a child is born.

A rosy hew settles all around
You start to feel you're on solid ground
For a spell or two no one seems forlorn
This comes to pass, when a child is born

It's all a dream, an illusion now
It must come true, sometimes soon somehow
All across the land, dawns a brand new morn
This comes to pass, when a child is born

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