How do you capture 
The wind on the water? 
How do you count all the stars in the sky? 
How can you measure 
The love of a mother 
Or how can you write down 
A baby's first cry? 

Candlelight, angel light 
Firelight and star glow 
Shine on his cradle till breaking of dawn 
Gloria, Gloria in excelsis Deo! 
Angels are singing 
The Christ child is born 

Shepherds and wise men 
Will kneel and adore him 
Seraphim round him their vigil will keep 
Nations proclaim him 
Their Lord and their Saviour 
But Mary will hold him 
And sing him to sleep 

Candlelight, angel light 
Firelight and star glow 
Shine on his cradle till breaking of dawn 
Gloria, Gloria in excelsis Deo! 
Angels are singing 
The Christ child is born 

Find him at Bethlehem laid in a manger 
Christ our Redeemer asleep in the hay 
Godhead incarnate and hope of salvation 
A child with his mother 
That first Christmas Day 

Candlelight, angel light 
Firelight and star glow 
Shine on his cradle till breaking of dawn 
Gloria, Gloria in excelsis Deo! 
Angels are singing 
The Christ child is born 
Angels are singing 
The Christ child is born