Saint of joy

Saint of joy and saint of care,
Help us to be good and share
All the gifts this season brings,
As we celebrate and sing.

Good St Nicholas, we pray,
Cheer us on to Christmas Day!

Sailors, children, and the poor
Hail your name, their praises soar,
Bari, Myra, tell the fame
Of your great and glorious name.

Good St Nicholas, we pray,
Cheer us on to Christmas Day!

Text: J M Rosenthal, 2011
Tune: Dix 77 77 77

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Bari is the city in Italy where the relics of St Nicholas are venerated and Myra is the city, in what is now Turkey, where Nicholas was bishop

From the Revd J M Rosenthal, St Nicholas Society, 2011. Used by permission.

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