From: Tim Felten super_recluse@yahoo.com
WORDS & Music: William Harold Neidlinger

THE BIRTHDAY OF A KING

VERSE 1:
G      C      D7         G      Em7
In the little village of Bethle-hem,
      Am    D         G
There lay a Child one day,
        Em                    A    D
And the sky was bright with a holy light
                     A7    D
O'er the place where Jesus lay.

CHORUS:
     Am    D7           G
Alle-luia!    O how the angels sang.
     Em           D
Alle-luia! How it rang!
        B/D#    Em            D    G
And the sky was bright with a holy light,
          G/D      D7   G
'Twas the birthday of a King.

VERSE 2:
'Twas a humble birthplace,
But O how much God gave to us that day;
From the manger bed what a path has led,
What a perfect, holy way.

(REPEAT CHORUS)