The Birthday of a King ====================== w&m: William Harold Neidlinger, 1890 [Verse 1] In the little village of Bethlehem, there lay a Child one day; And the sky was bright with a holy light o'er the place where Jesus lay. [Refrain] Alleluia! O how the angels sang: Alleluia! How it rang! And the sky was bright with a holy light; 'Twas the birthday of a King. [Verse 2] 'Twas a humble birthplace, but oh, how much God gave to us that day; From the manger bed what a path has led, what a perfect holy way. [Refrain]