What Child Is This Child Of The Poor chords by Cat Jahnke

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:
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Helpless and hungry, lowly, afraid
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Wrapped in the chill of midwinter
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Comes now among us, born into poverty's embrace
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New life for the world

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Who is this, who lives with the lowly?
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Sharing their sorrows, knowing their hunger
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This is Christ, revealed to the world in the eyes of a child
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A child of the poor

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Verse 2:
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What child is this who laid to rest
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On Mary's lap is sleeping
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Whom angels greet with anthems sweet
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While shepherds watch are keeping?

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This, this is Christ the King
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Whom shepherds guard and angels sing
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Haste, haste to bring Him laud
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The babe, son of Mary

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Verse 3:
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Who is the stranger, here in our midst
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Looking for shelter among us?
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Who is the outcast?
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Who do we see amid the poor?
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The children of God?

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Who is this, who lives with the lowly?
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Sharing their sorrows, knowing their hunger
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This is Christ, revealed to the world in the eyes of a child
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A child of the poor

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Verse 4:
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Why lies He in such mean estate
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Where ox and ass are feeding?
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Good Christian fear, for sinners here
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The silent Word is pleading

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This, this is Christ the King
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Whom shepherds guard and angels sing
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Haste, haste to bring Him laud
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The babe, the son of Mary

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Bridge:
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Bring all the thirsty, all who seek peace
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Bring those with nothing to offer
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Strengthen the feeble, say to the frightened heart
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"Fear not, here is your God"

Chorus:
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Who is this, who lives with the lowly?
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Sharing their sorrows, knowing their hunger
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This is Christ, revealed to the world in the eyes of a child
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A child of the poor

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