(My dancing is worse than my singing!)

 

“Sweet Angel Gabriel, loyal and trusted servant,

More than all of this, though, to me, my friend”

Thus spoke the Lord as he whispered his message

“From Heaven down to Earth you must descend”.

Proud to be chosen from all of the angels

Trusted to carry his glory to Earth

News of a son for his friend and his Master

To herald the glory of Jesus’s birth.

 

“I shall not fail you, Sweet Lord and Master

Despite every hardship I shall be strong”

Gabriel embarked then upon his mission

A journey forgotten, cold, dark and long.

Temptation and hardship accompanied Gabriel

But never a glance did he cast either side

His wings beat so swiftly his heartbeats were pounding

With effort and urgency, love and with pride.

 

“At last the angel descended from Heaven

Breeze through his wings as quiet as the night

Gently alighting before three good shepherds

And saw in their eyes their awe and their fright.

“Be not afraid for I bring you a message

A gift to mankind that’s from Heaven above

Our Master doth send us a son and a saviour

To spread to his people his glory, his love”.

 

So all of God’s children sing throughout the ages

Of glory and birth as the angel foretells

We celebrate Christmas and Jesus’s coming

With laughter and song and with ringing of bells.

“So sing out so proudly” the angel implored us

A boy-king was given to us at Noel

Sing out so proudly that angels applaud us

Ring out so loudly the Haddlesey Bells.

“So sing out so proudly” the angel implored us

A boy-king was given to us at Noel

Sing out so proudly that angels applaud us

Ring out so loudly the Haddlesey Bells.

“So sing out so proudly” the angel implored us

A boy-king was given to us at Noel

Sing out so proudly that angels applaud us

Ring out so loudly the Haddlesey Bells.