Christmas Lullaby

See the baby in the manger,
Our salvation's great exchanger,
Now an exile, now a stranger—
O God and man!
Forgive our each transgression,
Keep us from sin's regression,
Make us thy true possession.
Oh come, oh come and set us free,
O dying babe!
And when the grave shall claim us,
In heaven's rolls rename us
As a living child of thee.
Sleep, baby, sleep.

Christ lag in Todesbanden

Christ lay within death's prison,
For our offences given,
But now our Lord is risen
And doth our souls enliven;
Let us therefore joyful be,
Praise God and to him thankful be:
And raise our Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!