Refrain Now is born the divine Christ child, Play the musette, play the tuneful oboe, Now is born the divine Christ child, Sing we all and rejoice this day. 1 He was born in a stable bare, On bed of straw how He sleeps so soundly, He was born in a stable bare, Let us worship and to Him bow. 2 Ages long since are past and gone, When the wise men foretold His coming, Ages long since are past and gone, When the wise men foretold His birth.