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
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
