====== Star Carol ======

===== Lyrics =====

1. Long years ago on a deep winter night,\\
High in the heav'ns a star shone bright,\\
While in a manger a wee baby lay,\\
Sweetly asleep on a bed of hay.

2. Jesus the Lord was that baby so small,\\
Laid down to sleep in a humble stall;\\
Then came the star and it stood overhead,\\
shedding its light 'round His little bed.

3. Dear baby Jesus, how tiny Thou art,\\
I'll make a place for Thee in my heart,\\
And when the stars in the heavens I see,\\
Ever and always I think of Thee.

**By:** Wihla Hutson & Alfred S. Burt
==== Music & Performance ====

{{wiki:the_star_carol.mp3}} \\
[[https://musescore.com/official_scores/scores/6968646|Source]]

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===== Background =====

**Origin:** United States of America\\
**First Published:** 1954
===== More Information =====

[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Burt|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Burt]]

[[https://hymnary.org/tune/star_carol_burt|https://hymnary.org/tune/star_carol_burt]]

[[http://www.alfredburtcarols.com/burt/Web%20Pages/This%20Is%20Christmas/Starcarol.htm|http://www.alfredburtcarols.com/burt/Web%20Pages/This%20Is%20Christmas/Starcarol.htm]]