With grateful hearts
With grateful hearts, we breathe today,
The tender accents of our love,
We carol forth saint in heaven above
* More favoured than earth’s greatest king,
Thou wert the guardian of that child,
Around whose crib full choirs did sing,
With cadenced voices soft and mild.
*O Joseph dear from thy bright throne,
Incline thine ear unto our prayer,
And o’er us all o’er thine own,
Extend thy fond paternal care.
With grateful hearts
*With grateful hearts, we breathe today,
The tender accents of our love,
We carol forth saint in heaven above.
* More favoured than earth’s greatest king,
Thou wert the guardian of that child,
Around whose crib full choirs did sing,
With cadenced voices soft and mild.
*O Joseph dear from thy bright throne,
Incline thine ear unto our prayer,
And o’er us all o’er thine own,
Extend thy fond paternal care.