From the recordings The Complete Hymns And Christmas Carols Backing Tracks, Another Traditional Christmas - 17 Christmas Carol Backing Tracks, and The Full Traditional Christmas - 35 Christmas Carol Backing Tracks
German Carol Melody (14th Century) harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Reginald Heber (1783-1826)
Lyrics
Virgin-born, we bow before thee:
blessed was the womb that bore thee;
Mary, Mother meek and mild,
blessed was she in her Child.
Blessed was the breast that fed thee;
blessed was the hand that led thee;
blessed was the parent's eye
that watched thy slumbering infancy.
Blessed she by all creation,
who brought forth the world's salvation,
and blessed they, for ever blest,
who love thee most and serve thee best.
Virgin-born, we bow before thee;
blessed was the womb that bore thee;
Mary, Mother meek and mild,
blessed was she in her Child.