Child of the Poor/What Child Is This?
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w&m: Scott Soper, 1994
m: William C. Dix

[Verse 1 - Child of the Poor]
Helpless and hungry, lowly, afraid,
wrapped in the chill of midwinter;
comes now among us, born into poverty's embrace,
new life for the world.

[Refrain - Child of the Poor]
Who is this who lives with the lowly,
sharing their sorrows, knowing their hunger?
This is Christ, revealed to the world in the eyes of a child,
a child of the poor.

[Verse 1 - What Child Is This?]
What child is this, who, laid to rest
on Mary's lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet,
While shepherds watch are keeping?

[Refrain - What Child Is This?]
This, this is Christ the King,
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing;
Haste, haste to bring him laud,
the babe, the son of Mary.

[Verse 2 - Child of the Poor]
Who is the stranger here in our midst,
looking for shelter among us?
Who is the outcast?  Who do we see amid the poor,
the children of God?

[Refrain - Child of the Poor]

[Verse 2 - What Child Is This?]
Why lies he in such mean estate
Where ox and ass are feeding?
Good Christian, fear: for sinners here
The silent Word is pleading.

[Refrain - What Child Is This?]

[Verse 3 - Both Melodies]
/Bring all the thirsty, all who seek peace;
\So bring him incense, gold, and myrrh,

/bring those with nothing to offer.
\Come peasant, king, to own him;

/Strengthen the feeble, say to the frightened heart:
\The King of kings salvation brings

/"Fear not: here is your God!"
\Let loving hearts enthrone him.

[Refrain - Both Melodies]
/Who is this who lives with the lowly,
\This, this is Christ the King,

/sharing their sorrows, knowing their hunger?
\Whom shepherds guard and angels sing;

/This is Christ, revealed to the world in the eyes of a child,
\Haste, haste to bring him laud,

/a child of the poor.
\the babe, the son of Mary.