Stood a lowly cattle shed,
 Where a mother laid her Baby
 In a manger for His bed.
 Mary was that mother mild,
 Jesus Christ her little Child.

 He came down to earth from heaven,
 Who is God and Lord of all,
 And His shelter was a stable,
 And His cradle was a stall.
 With the poor and mean and lowly
 Lived on earth our Saviour holy.

 And our eyes at last shall see Him
 Through His own redeeming love,
 For that CHild so dear and gentle
 Is our Lord in heaven above.
 And He leads His children on
 To the place where He is gone