MICHAEL T ROBERTS
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O Child

SATB a cappella or SSA a cappella, 4'
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​SATB version premiered by International Orange Chorale, December 2018

SSA version premiered by Accord Treble Choir, December 2019
In 2017 I decided to write a Christmas carol. Unable to find a text that really spoke to me, I wrote my own, imagining how Joseph and Mary must have felt at the birth of their child—probably, I surmised, much like how I myself felt at the birth of my own two children. I think this is one reason why Christmas tends to touch us all so deeply: the beauty and innocence of a newborn child is felt instinctively and universally. 

 SATB Version score sample

SSA Version score sample

Text by Michael T Roberts

O child
Perfectly whole in the straw
Perfectly bathed in the light of the star
 
O child
Perfectly cast in the likeness of God
His touch still warm upon your brow
 
Emmanuel, Emmanuel
 
O child
Before you open your eyes
Remember His perfect face, His perfect love
 
O child
Hold it fast within you
To carry you through every trial
 
Emmanuel, Emmanuel
 
O child of mine
Open your perfect eyes
See my imperfect face
Longing to understand
​Oh, I feel your perfect heart
Here in my trembling arms
 
O child
Hear the angels adore you
See the kings kneel before you
And know you are loved
 
Emmanuel, Emmanuel
 
O child

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