Story Behind The Song
see www.cdbaby.com/cd/summerbell2
Song Description
Favourite Italian Christmas song in new English version with new lyrics, additional new music and new arrangement
| Song Length |
3:33 |
Genre |
Unique - Holiday, Country - Rock |
| Tempo |
Non 4/4 |
Lead Vocal |
Duet Male |
| Mood |
Serene, Joyful |
Subject |
Holidays , Religion |
| Similar Artists |
Barenaked Ladies, Willie Nelson |
Language |
English |
Lyrics
YOU CAME, A STAR FROM HEAVEN (TU SCENDI DALLE STELLE)
You came, a star from heaven, oh lord of sky and earth
A cold and shadowed shed became your place of birth
A cold and shadowed shed became your place of birth
Baby so small yet lord of us all
You tremble as winter winds brush your face
O lord of hope and grace...
How dearly did it cost you to come put yourself in our place
How dearly did it cost you to come put yourself in our place
Creator of the planets and of all that lives could desire
Now wrapped in simple cloth in the night with no warming fire
Now laid upon the straw in the night with no warming fire
O chosen child, the night wind blows wild
and to know you?d come live in such harsh poverty
endears your spirit to me
when you join with the poor in the cold night you show us how warm love can be
when you join with the poor in the cold night you show us how warm love can be
You came, a star from heaven to show us the way
in the night with no warming fire.
Baby so small, here with us all.
You came a star.
Translation © Richard Summerbell from original Italian lyrics Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle by Pope Pius IX (Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti), 1792-1878, based on Quanno Nascette Ninno, Music and lyrics 1755 by Saint Alfonso Maria de? Liguori, 1696-1787. Extro music and lyrics © Richard Summerbell.