Tune: Irby
(\'Once in royal David\'s city\')
Luke 1 v.34-38
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Angel Gabriel to Mary
Said, Christ-child you shall bear, see
Mary said, How shall this be, for
I am true a virgin sure
The angel answered, replied
It shall be so, I confide
The Holy Ghost shall come upon
You, this is how it be done
The power of the Most High shall
Overshadow you, I tell
Therefore also that holy
One born, the Son of God He
And, behold, your cousin, for she
Has conceived a son, so be
Elisabeth in her old age
Though barren was at that stage
Shall John the Baptist then bare
Glad tidings with you I share
For with God there shall nothing be
Impossible, then Mary
Said, Behold I the handmaiden
Of the Lord, let it be then
To me according unto
His word spoken to me true