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Infant Holy, Infant LowlyPolish folk carol
Two different SSA a cappella arrangements:“Soulful Close Harmony” and “Classical Chorale”
Elizabeth Alexander
Seafarer Press
Vs. 1 & 2: Translation by Edith M. G. ReedVs. 3: Elizabeth Alexander
Tenderly, soulfully
SSA: Soulful close harmonyPolish folk carol
Arr. Elizabeth Alexander
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
S I
S II
A
5
© 2018 by Elizabeth Alexander
S I
S II
A
3
4
3
4
3
4
3
4
3
4
1. In
3. Long
2. Flocks
fant
were
a
sleep
ho
wait
ly,
ing,
ed,
Shep
In
cel
fant
e
herds
low
keep
bra
ly,
ing*
ted,
for
babes
vig
his
are
il til
bed
born
a
the
each
morn
cat
day
tle
and
ing
1. In
3. Long
2. Flocks
fant
were
a
sleep
ho
wait
ing,
ly,
ed,
Shep
In
cel
fant
e
herds
low
keep
bra
ly,
ing*
ted,
for
vig
babes
his
il
are
til
born
bed
each
the
a
morn
cat
day
tle
and
ing
1. In
3. Long
2. Flocks
fant
were
a
sleep
ho
wait
ly,
ing,
ed,
Shep
In
cel
fant
herds
e
low
keep
bra
ly,
ing*
ted,
for
babes
vig
his
are
il
bed
til
born each
the
a cat
morn
day
tle
and
ing
(for rehearsal only)
stall.
new.
night.
Saw
Ox
Pre cious
en
the glo
low
stran
ry,
ing,
gers
Heard
Lit
laid
tle
the
in
sto
know
mang
ry,
ing,
ers
Ti
or
Christ
on
dings
the
bed
of
babe
ding
a
is
clean
gos
Lord
and
pel
of
new.stall.
night.
SawOx
Pre
theen
cious
lowglo
stran
ing,ry,
gers
LitHeard
laid
tlethe
in
knowsto
mang
ing,ry,
ers
TiChrist
or
thedings
on
babeof
bed
isa
ding clean
Lordgos
and
ofpel
night.
stall.new.
OxSaw
Pre cious
theen low
glo
stran
ing,ry,
gers
LitHeard
laid in
tlethe
knowsto
mang
ing,ry,
ers
ChristTi
or
thedings
on
babeof
bed
isa
ding clean
Lordgos
and
ofpel
* Plan ahead so you don't have to take a breath after "keeping" in verse two. (Stagger breathing if necessary.)
Seafarer Press / SEA-020-01
2
9 1.2.
S I
S II
A
13
S I
S II
A
true.
all.
Thus
Swift
re
are wing
joic
ing,
ing,
An
Free
gels
from sor
sing ing,
row, Prais
No
es
els
voic
ring ing,
ing,
Tid
Greet
ings
the
all.
true.
Swift
Thus
are
re joic
wing ing,
ing,
An
Free
gels
from
sing
sor row,
ing, No
Prais
els
es
ring
voic
ing,
ing,
Tid
Greet
ings
the
true.
all. Swift
Thus
are
re
wing
joic
ing,
ing,
An
Free
gels
from
sing
sor
ing,
row,
No
Prais
els
es
ring
voic
ing,
ing,
Tid
Greet
ings
the
bring
mor row,
ing,
Christ
Christ the
the
babe
babe was
is
born
Lord
for
of
you.
all.
bring
mor
ing,
row,
Christ
Christ
the
the
babe
babe was
is Lord
born
of
for
all,
you,
is
was
Lord
born
of
for
all.
you.
bring
mor
ing,
row,
Christ
Christ
the
the
babe
babe was
is Lord
born
of
for
all,
you,
is
was
Lord
born
of
for
all.
you.
Seafarer Press / SEA-020-01
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (SSA: Soulful close harmony) - Choral Score 3
Opal Palmer Adisa, poet • Paul Adams, technological hero • Stephen Alexander, lyric consultant • Ginny Allen,
Agile coach and friend • The great people at American Composers Forum • Yehuda Amichai, poet • A. R.
Ammons, poet • Jennifer Anderson, conductor and composer advocate • Scott Bates, poet • Abbie Betinis,
initiator of collaborative endeavors • Beth Norton, conductor and composer advocate • Dennis Blubaugh, more
than just a music dealer • Michael deVernon Boblett, poet • Edna Busby, my first piano teacher • Ray
Bradbury, writer • Augustin Cadena, translator • Norbert Capek, minister and advocate for religious freedom
Jessica Corbin, conductor and composer advocate • e. e. cummings, poet • Philip Dacey, poet • Catherine
Dalton, composer and scrum partner • Emily Dickinson, poet • Evelyn Dudley, poet and caregiver • Rob
Eller-Isaacs, minister and writer • Emily Ellsworth, conductor and composer advocate • Ralph Waldo Emerson,
philosopher and poet • Louise Erdrich, writer • David Allan Evans, poet • Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer • Richard M.
Fewkes, minister and writer • Pesha Gertler, poet • Jack Gallagher, composer and teacher • Paul Gerike,
proofreader • Jocelyn Hagen and Tim Takach, founders of Graphite Marketplace • Steve Harper, just about
everything • Steve Hawkins, web designer • Edie Hill, composer and friend • Langston Hughes, poet • Margaret
and George Alexander, parents • Mark Humphrey, piano technician • Karel Husa, composer and teacher • David
Ignatow, poet • Kabir, mystic • Linda Kachelmeier, composer and scrum partner • Ruth Palmer, conductor and
composer advocate • Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet • Paul Rardin, conductor and composer advocate • Kalidasa,
poet • Steve Kaul, recording engineer • Søren Kierkegaard, philosopher and poet
Dorothy Knost, piano teacher • Ben Krywosz, artistic director of Nautilus
Music-Theater • Denise Levertov, poet • George Ella Lyon, poet
Jonathan Machen, artist • Ruth MacKenzie, collaborative
vocalist • Dawna Markova, writer • Anne Matlack,
conductor and composer advocate • Nancy Menk,
conductor and composer advocate • Edna St. Vincent
Millay, poet • Jane Ramseyer Miller,
conductor, composer, social activist
• Joe Mish, conductor and composer
advocate • J. David Moore, composer
and friend • Lilian Moore, poet
Gerald Rich, poet • Carl Sandburg, poet
Jason Shelton, conductor, composer and
friend • King Sigismund III, religious
reformer • Ann Silsbee, composer, poet and
friend • Simon Alexander-Adams, sounding
board, fellow creative, and awesome son
Steven Stucky, composer and teacher
Rabindranath Tagore, poet • Sister Peronne
Marie Thibert, teacher and writer • Oliver
Alexander-Adams, unconventional thinker and
light of my life • Howard Thurman, civil rights
leader and writer • Everyone whose work supports
the Association for Unitarian Universalist Music
Ministries • Charles Varney, high school choral director
Ana Vonhuben, illustrator and graphic designer • Nancy White, poet
John Greenleaf Whittier, poet • Theodore Chickering Williams, poet • Daniel Winter, pianist and
teacher • Nancy Wood, poet • Yehudi Wyner, composer and teacher
A lot of hard work and creativity went into bringing this music to you...
...and some of it was even mine.
This page has been intentionally omitted. (You know why.) A complete perusal score may be
purchased through any music store or dealer.
www.seafarerpress.comThe Music of Elizabeth Alexander
Opal Palmer Adisa, poet Margaret & George Alexander, parents Yehuda Amichai, poet Bjorn Arneson, generous
web designer Scott Bates, poet Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer Michael
deVernon Boblett, poet Ray Bradbury, writer Norbert Capek, visionary e. e. cummings, poet Philip Dacey,
poet Emily Dickinson, poet Evelyn Dudley, poet Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer
Richard M. Fewkes, writer Pesha Gertler, poet Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer Jack Gallagher,
composer/teacher Paul Gerike, proofreader Steve Harper, technical advisor Steve Hawkins, generous web
designer Edie Hill, composer/colleague Langston Hughes, poet Mark Humphrey, piano technician Karel Husa,
composer/teacher Kalidasa, poet Garrison Keillor, storyteller Denise Levertov, poet George Ella Lyon, poet
Jonathan Machen, artist Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet J. David Moore, composer/colleague Joan Wolf
Prefontaine, poet Gerald Rich, poet Carl Sandburg, poet King Sigismund III, religious reformer Steven
Stucky, composer/teacher Rabindranath Tagore, poet Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer John
Greenleaf Whittier, poet Theodore Chickering Williams, poet Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher Nancy Wood,
poet Yehudi Wyner, composer/teacher Paul Adams, technical advisor Opal Palmer Adisa, poet Margaret &
George Alexander, parents Yehuda Amichai, poet Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer Scott Bates, poet Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer Michael deVernon Boblett, poet Ray
Bradbury, writer Norbert Capek, visionary e. e. cummings, poet Philip Dacey, poet Emily Dickinson, poet
Evelyn Dudley, poet Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer Richard M. Fewkes, writer
Pesha Gertler, poet Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher Paul Gerike,
proofreader Steve Harper, technical advisor Steve Hawkins, generous web designer Edie Hill,
composer/colleague Langston Hughes, poet Mark Humphrey, piano technician Karel Husa, composer/teacher
Kalidasa, poet Garrison Keillor, storyteller Denise Levertov, poet George Ella Lyon, poet Jonathan Machen,
artist Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet J. David Moore, composer/colleague Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet Gerald
Rich, poet Carl Sandburg, poet King Sigismund III, religious reformer Steven Stucky, composer/teacher Rabindranath Tagore, poet Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer John Greenleaf Whittier, poet Theodore Chickering Williams, poet Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher Nancy Wood, poet Yehudi Wyner,
composer/teacher Paul Adams, technical advisor Opal Palmer Adisa, poet Margaret & George Alexander, parents
Yehuda Amichai, poet Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer Scott Bates, poet Abbie Betinis,
composer/colleague Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer Michael deVernon Boblett, poet Ray Bradbury, writer Norbert Capek, visionary e. e. cummings, poet Philip Dacey, poet Emily Dickinson, poet Evelyn Dudley, poet
Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer Richard M. Fewkes, writer Pesha Gertler, poet
Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher Paul Gerike, proofreader Steve Harper,
technical advisor Steve Hawkins, generous web designer Edie Hill, composer/colleague Langston Hughes, poet
Mark Humphrey, piano technician Karel Husa, composer/teacher Kalidasa, poet Garrison Keillor, storyteller
Denise Levertov, poet George Ella Lyon, poet Jonathan Machen, artist Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet J.
David Moore, composer/colleague Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet Gerald Rich, poet Carl Sandburg, poet King
Opal Palmer Adisa, poet Margaret & George Alexander, parents Yehuda Amichai, poet Bjorn Arneson, generous
web designer Scott Bates, poet Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer Michael
deVernon Boblett, poet Ray Bradbury, writer Norbert Capek, visionary e. e. cummings, poet Philip Dacey,
poet Emily Dickinson, poet Evelyn Dudley, poet Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer
Richard M. Fewkes, writer Pesha Gertler, poet Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer Jack Gallagher,
composer/teacher Paul Gerike, proofreader Steve Harper, technical advisor Steve Hawkins, generous web
designer Edie Hill, composer/colleague Langston Hughes, poet Mark Humphrey, piano technician Karel Husa,
composer/teacher Kalidasa, poet Garrison Keillor, storyteller Denise Levertov, poet George Ella Lyon, poet
Jonathan Machen, artist Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet J. David Moore, composer/colleague Joan Wolf
Prefontaine, poet Gerald Rich, poet Carl Sandburg, poet King Sigismund III, religious reformer Steven
Stucky, composer/teacher Rabindranath Tagore, poet Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer John
Greenleaf Whittier, poet Theodore Chickering Williams, poet Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher Nancy Wood,
poet Yehudi Wyner, composer/teacher Paul Adams, technical advisor Opal Palmer Adisa, poet Margaret &
George Alexander, parents Yehuda Amichai, poet Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer Scott Bates, poet Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer Michael deVernon Boblett, poet Ray
Bradbury, writer Norbert Capek, visionary e. e. cummings, poet Philip Dacey, poet Emily Dickinson, poet
Evelyn Dudley, poet Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer Richard M. Fewkes, writer
Pesha Gertler, poet Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher Paul Gerike,
proofreader Steve Harper, technical advisor Steve Hawkins, generous web designer Edie Hill,
composer/colleague Langston Hughes, poet Mark Humphrey, piano technician Karel Husa, composer/teacher
Kalidasa, poet Garrison Keillor, storyteller Denise Levertov, poet George Ella Lyon, poet Jonathan Machen,
artist Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet J. David Moore, composer/colleague Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet Gerald
Rich, poet Carl Sandburg, poet King Sigismund III, religious reformer Steven Stucky, composer/teacher Rabindranath Tagore, poet Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer John Greenleaf Whittier, poet Theodore Chickering Williams, poet Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher Nancy Wood, poet Yehudi Wyner,
composer/teacher Paul Adams, technical advisor Opal Palmer Adisa, poet Margaret & George Alexander, parents
Yehuda Amichai, poet Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer Scott Bates, poet Abbie Betinis,
composer/colleague Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer Michael deVernon Boblett, poet Ray Bradbury, writer Norbert Capek, visionary e. e. cummings, poet Philip Dacey, poet Emily Dickinson, poet Evelyn Dudley, poet
Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer Richard M. Fewkes, writer Pesha Gertler, poet
Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher Paul Gerike, proofreader Steve Harper,
technical advisor Steve Hawkins, generous web designer Edie Hill, composer/colleague Langston Hughes, poet
Mark Humphrey, piano technician Karel Husa, composer/teacher Kalidasa, poet Garrison Keillor, storyteller
Denise Levertov, poet George Ella Lyon, poet Jonathan Machen, artist Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet J.
David Moore, composer/colleague Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet Gerald Rich, poet Carl Sandburg, poet King
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S I
S II
A
Meno mosso28
S I
S II
A
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
3
4
3
4
3
4
3
4
light, love’s pure light. Ev’ ry birth brings love’s pure
light, love’s pure light. Ev’ ry birth brings love’s pure
light, love’s pure light. Ev’ ry birth brings love’s pure
light. Ev’ ry birth brings love’s pure light, love’s pure light,
light. Ev’ ry birth brings love’s pure light, love’s pure light, love’s pure light.
light. Ev’ ry birth brings love’s pure light, brings love’s pure light, brings love’s pure light.
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Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (SSA: Soulful close harmony) - Choral Score 5
Vs. 1 & 2: Translation by Edith M. G. ReedVs. 3: Elizabeth Alexander
Tenderly, simply
SSA: Classical choralePolish folk carol
Arr. Elizabeth Alexander
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
S I
S II
A
© 2000, 2018 by Elizabeth Alexander
6
S I
S II
A
3
4
3
4
3
4
3
4
3
4
1. In
3. Long
2. Flocks
p
fant
were
a
sleep
ho
wait
ly,
ing,
ed,
In
Shep
cel
fant
herds
e
low
keep
bra
ly,
ing*
ted,
for
babes
vig
his
are
il til
bed
born
a
the
each
morn
cat
day
tle
and
ing
night.
stall.
new.
Pre
Saw
Ox
cious
en
the
1. In
3. Long
2. Flocks
p
fant
were
a
sleep
ho
wait
ly,
ing,
ed,
In
Shep
cel
fant
herds
e
low
keep
bra
ly,
ing*
ted,
for
babes
vig
his
are
il
bed
til
born
the
a
each
morn
cat
day
tle
and
ing
night.
stall.
new.
Pre
Ox
Saw
cious
en
the
1. In
3. Long
2. Flocks
p
fant
were
a
sleep
ho
wait
ly,
ing,
ed,
Shep
In
cel
fant
e
herds
low
keep
bra
ly,
ing*
ted,
for
babes
vig
his
are
il
bed
til
born
a
the
each
cat
morn
day
tle
and
ing
stall.
new.
night. Pre
Ox
Saw
cious
en
the
(for rehearsal only)
glo
low
stran
ry,
ing,
gers
Heard
Lit
laid
tle
the
in
sto
know
man
ry,
ing,
gers
Ti
or
Christ
on
dings
the
bed
of
babe
ding
a
is
clean
gos
Lord
and
pel
of
true.
all.
bright. New
Thus
Swift
hearts
re
are
glo
low
stran
ry,
ing,
gers
Heard
Lit
laid
the
tle
in
sto
know
man
ry,
ing,
gers
Ti
or
Christ
dings
on
the
of
bed
babe
ding
a
is
clean
gos
Lord
and
pel
of
true.
all.
bright.
Thus
New
Swift
re
hearts
are
low
glo
stran
ing,
ry,
gers
Lit
Heard
laid
tle
the
in
know
sto
man
ing,
ry,
gers
Ti
Christ
or
the
dings
on
babe
of
bed
is
a
ding clean
Lord
gos
and
of
pel true.
all.
bright.
Swift
Thus
New
are
re
hearts
* Plan ahead so you don't have to take a breath after "keeping" in verse two. (Stagger breathing if necessary.)
Seafarer Press / SEA-020-01
6
Opal Palmer Adisa, poet • Paul Adams, technological hero • Stephen Alexander, lyric consultant • Ginny Allen,
Agile coach and friend • The great people at American Composers Forum • Yehuda Amichai, poet • A. R.
Ammons, poet • Jennifer Anderson, conductor and composer advocate • Scott Bates, poet • Abbie Betinis,
initiator of collaborative endeavors • Beth Norton, conductor and composer advocate • Dennis Blubaugh, more
than just a music dealer • Michael deVernon Boblett, poet • Edna Busby, my first piano teacher • Ray
Bradbury, writer • Augustin Cadena, translator • Norbert Capek, minister and advocate for religious freedom
Jessica Corbin, conductor and composer advocate • e. e. cummings, poet • Philip Dacey, poet • Catherine
Dalton, composer and scrum partner • Emily Dickinson, poet • Evelyn Dudley, poet and caregiver • Rob
Eller-Isaacs, minister and writer • Emily Ellsworth, conductor and composer advocate • Ralph Waldo Emerson,
philosopher and poet • Louise Erdrich, writer • David Allan Evans, poet • Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer • Richard M.
Fewkes, minister and writer • Pesha Gertler, poet • Jack Gallagher, composer and teacher • Paul Gerike,
proofreader • Jocelyn Hagen and Tim Takach, founders of Graphite Marketplace • Steve Harper, just about
everything • Steve Hawkins, web designer • Edie Hill, composer and friend • Langston Hughes, poet • Margaret
and George Alexander, parents • Mark Humphrey, piano technician • Karel Husa, composer and teacher • David
Ignatow, poet • Kabir, mystic • Linda Kachelmeier, composer and scrum partner • Ruth Palmer, conductor and
composer advocate • Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet • Paul Rardin, conductor and composer advocate • Kalidasa,
poet • Steve Kaul, recording engineer • Søren Kierkegaard, philosopher and poet
Dorothy Knost, piano teacher • Ben Krywosz, artistic director of Nautilus
Music-Theater • Denise Levertov, poet • George Ella Lyon, poet
Jonathan Machen, artist • Ruth MacKenzie, collaborative
vocalist • Dawna Markova, writer • Anne Matlack,
conductor and composer advocate • Nancy Menk,
conductor and composer advocate • Edna St. Vincent
Millay, poet • Jane Ramseyer Miller,
conductor, composer, social activist
• Joe Mish, conductor and composer
advocate • J. David Moore, composer
and friend • Lilian Moore, poet
Gerald Rich, poet • Carl Sandburg, poet
Jason Shelton, conductor, composer and
friend • King Sigismund III, religious
reformer • Ann Silsbee, composer, poet and
friend • Simon Alexander-Adams, sounding
board, fellow creative, and awesome son
Steven Stucky, composer and teacher
Rabindranath Tagore, poet • Sister Peronne
Marie Thibert, teacher and writer • Oliver
Alexander-Adams, unconventional thinker and
light of my life • Howard Thurman, civil rights
leader and writer • Everyone whose work supports
the Association for Unitarian Universalist Music
Ministries • Charles Varney, high school choral director
Ana Vonhuben, illustrator and graphic designer • Nancy White, poet
John Greenleaf Whittier, poet • Theodore Chickering Williams, poet • Daniel Winter, pianist and
teacher • Nancy Wood, poet • Yehudi Wyner, composer and teacher
A lot of hard work and creativity went into bringing this music to you...
...and some of it was even mine.
This page has been intentionally omitted. (You know why.) A complete perusal score may be
purchased through any music store or dealer.
www.seafarerpress.comThe Music of Elizabeth Alexander
Opal Palmer Adisa, poet Margaret & George Alexander, parents Yehuda Amichai, poet Bjorn Arneson, generous
web designer Scott Bates, poet Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer Michael
deVernon Boblett, poet Ray Bradbury, writer Norbert Capek, visionary e. e. cummings, poet Philip Dacey,
poet Emily Dickinson, poet Evelyn Dudley, poet Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer
Richard M. Fewkes, writer Pesha Gertler, poet Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer Jack Gallagher,
composer/teacher Paul Gerike, proofreader Steve Harper, technical advisor Steve Hawkins, generous web
designer Edie Hill, composer/colleague Langston Hughes, poet Mark Humphrey, piano technician Karel Husa,
composer/teacher Kalidasa, poet Garrison Keillor, storyteller Denise Levertov, poet George Ella Lyon, poet
Jonathan Machen, artist Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet J. David Moore, composer/colleague Joan Wolf
Prefontaine, poet Gerald Rich, poet Carl Sandburg, poet King Sigismund III, religious reformer Steven
Stucky, composer/teacher Rabindranath Tagore, poet Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer John
Greenleaf Whittier, poet Theodore Chickering Williams, poet Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher Nancy Wood,
poet Yehudi Wyner, composer/teacher Paul Adams, technical advisor Opal Palmer Adisa, poet Margaret &
George Alexander, parents Yehuda Amichai, poet Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer Scott Bates, poet Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer Michael deVernon Boblett, poet Ray
Bradbury, writer Norbert Capek, visionary e. e. cummings, poet Philip Dacey, poet Emily Dickinson, poet
Evelyn Dudley, poet Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer Richard M. Fewkes, writer
Pesha Gertler, poet Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher Paul Gerike,
proofreader Steve Harper, technical advisor Steve Hawkins, generous web designer Edie Hill,
composer/colleague Langston Hughes, poet Mark Humphrey, piano technician Karel Husa, composer/teacher
Kalidasa, poet Garrison Keillor, storyteller Denise Levertov, poet George Ella Lyon, poet Jonathan Machen,
artist Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet J. David Moore, composer/colleague Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet Gerald
Rich, poet Carl Sandburg, poet King Sigismund III, religious reformer Steven Stucky, composer/teacher Rabindranath Tagore, poet Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer John Greenleaf Whittier, poet Theodore Chickering Williams, poet Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher Nancy Wood, poet Yehudi Wyner,
composer/teacher Paul Adams, technical advisor Opal Palmer Adisa, poet Margaret & George Alexander, parents
Yehuda Amichai, poet Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer Scott Bates, poet Abbie Betinis,
composer/colleague Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer Michael deVernon Boblett, poet Ray Bradbury, writer Norbert Capek, visionary e. e. cummings, poet Philip Dacey, poet Emily Dickinson, poet Evelyn Dudley, poet
Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer Richard M. Fewkes, writer Pesha Gertler, poet
Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher Paul Gerike, proofreader Steve Harper,
technical advisor Steve Hawkins, generous web designer Edie Hill, composer/colleague Langston Hughes, poet
Mark Humphrey, piano technician Karel Husa, composer/teacher Kalidasa, poet Garrison Keillor, storyteller
Denise Levertov, poet George Ella Lyon, poet Jonathan Machen, artist Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet J.
David Moore, composer/colleague Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet Gerald Rich, poet Carl Sandburg, poet King
Opal Palmer Adisa, poet Margaret & George Alexander, parents Yehuda Amichai, poet Bjorn Arneson, generous
web designer Scott Bates, poet Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer Michael
deVernon Boblett, poet Ray Bradbury, writer Norbert Capek, visionary e. e. cummings, poet Philip Dacey,
poet Emily Dickinson, poet Evelyn Dudley, poet Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer
Richard M. Fewkes, writer Pesha Gertler, poet Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer Jack Gallagher,
composer/teacher Paul Gerike, proofreader Steve Harper, technical advisor Steve Hawkins, generous web
designer Edie Hill, composer/colleague Langston Hughes, poet Mark Humphrey, piano technician Karel Husa,
composer/teacher Kalidasa, poet Garrison Keillor, storyteller Denise Levertov, poet George Ella Lyon, poet
Jonathan Machen, artist Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet J. David Moore, composer/colleague Joan Wolf
Prefontaine, poet Gerald Rich, poet Carl Sandburg, poet King Sigismund III, religious reformer Steven
Stucky, composer/teacher Rabindranath Tagore, poet Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer John
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Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Edith M. Reid (vs. 1 & 2) & Elizabeth Alexander (vs. 3)
Infant holy, infant lowly,For his bed a cattle stall.
Oxen lowing, Little knowing,Christ the babe is Lord of all.
Swift are winging, angels singing,Noels ringing, Tidings bringing,
Christ the babe is Lord of all.
Flocks were sleeping, Shepherds keepingVigil til the morning new.
Saw the glory, Heard the storyTidings of a gospels true.
Thus rejoicing, Free from sorrow,Praises voicing, Greet the morrow,Christ the babe was born for you.
Long-awaited, celebrated,Babes are born each day and night.Precious strangers laid in mangers
Or on bedding clean and bright.New hearts beating, Old hearts warming,
Blessed greeting all-transforming,Every birth brings love’s pure light.
Verse 3 © 2018 by Elizabeth AlexanderVerse 1 and 2, first published in 1921, are in the common domain
Why does this publication include two arrangements of the same carol?
The composer writes: “I created the “Classical Chorale” arrangement of Infant Holy, InfantLowly in 1997 for a Christmas service at my church, where it was performed by a trio of highschool girls. Revisiting the same carol twenty years later, I wondered how this Polish carol mightbe interpreted in the Carolinas and Appalachian Ohio where I spent my childhood. This thoughtexperiment led to the creation of the “Soulful Close Harmony” arrangement!
In both versions, the traditional English lyrics by Edith M. Reid are followed by an original thirdverse which speaks to the blessing ushered forth by all births.
Cover Art: “Shepherds Find Him” by Joan Bohlig / www.bohliggraphics.com
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