Verse 1: G Em C D How do you capture the wind on the water? G Em C D How do you count all the stars in the sky? Bm Em Am How do you measure the love of a mother Am C D G Or how can you write down a baby's first cry? Chorus: C Em D G Candlelight, angel light, firelight and star-glow C G Em D Shine on his cradle till breaking of dawn C Em D G Gloria, Gloria, in excelsis Deo G Em D G Angels are singing; the Christ child is born
Verse 2: G Em C D Shepherds and wise men will kneel and adore him G Em C D Seraphim round him their vigil will keep Bm Em Am Nations proclaim him their Lord and their Saviour Am C D G But Mary will hold him and sing him to sleep Chorus: C Em D G Candlelight, angel light, firelight and star-glow C G Em D Shine on his cradle till breaking of dawn C Em D G Gloria, Gloria, in excelsis Deo G Em D G Angels are singing; the Christ child is born Verse 3: G Em C D Find him at Bethlehem laid in a manger G Em C D Christ our Redeemer asleep in the hay Bm Em Am Godhead incarnate and hope of salvation Am C D G A child with his mother that first Christmas Day Chorus: C Em D G Candlelight, angel light, firelight and star-glow C G Em D Shine on his cradle till breaking of dawn C Em D G Gloria, Gloria, in excelsis Deo G Em D G
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