Hymn Lyrics

PLEASE NOTE: Not all verses may be sung and words may vary in the particular hymn presentation.

Concerto from Cantata BWV. 142, Uns ist ein Kind geboren (Unto Us a Child is Born)
Music: Concerto from Cantata BWV. 142, Uns ist ein Kind geboren (Unto Us a Child is Born) | Johann Sebastian Bach; some attribute to Johann Kuhnau (Bach’s predecessor in Leipzig)
This cantata for the first day of the Christmas Festival was composed with a text
by Erdmann Neumeister. Some have raised doubts as to whether Bach actually
composed the work, but others have no such doubts.
Chorale from Cantata BWV. 142, Uns ist ein Kind geboren (Unto Us a Child is Born)
Words: Original German text credited to Erdmann Neumeister
Music: Chorale from Cantata BWV. 142, Uns ist ein Kind geboren (Unto Us a Child is Born) | Johann Sebastian Bach; some attribute to Johann Kuhnau (Bach’s predecessor in Leipzig)
This cantata for the first day of the Christmas Festival was composed with a text
by Erdmann Neumeister. Some have raised doubts as to whether Bach actually
composed the work, but others have no such doubts.


Original German Text:

Alleluja! Alleluia! Gelobet sei Gott,
Singen wir aus unsres Herzen Grunde,
Denn Gott hat heut gemacht solch Freud,
Die wir vergessen solln zu keiner Stunde.


English Translation:

Alleluia, Alleluia, Praised be God,
Let us sing from the depths of our heart,
For God has wrought such joy today,
That at no time should we ever forget it.