[Verse 1]
The hands that first held Mary's child
Were hard from working wood
From boards they sawed and nailed and filed
And splinters they withstood
[Verse 2]
This day they gripped no tool of steel
They drove no iron nail
But cradled from the head to heel
Our Lord, newborn and frail
[Verse 3]
When Joseph marveled at the size
Of that small breathing frame
And gazed upon those bright new eyes
And spoke the infant's name
[Verse 4]
The angel's voice he once had dreamed
Poured out from heaven's height
And like the host of starts that gleamed
Blessed earth with welcome light
[Chorus]
This Child shall be Emmanuel
Not God upon a throne
But God-with-us, Emmanuel
As close as blood and bone
The hands that first held Mary's child
Were hard from working wood
From boards they sawed and nailed and filed
And splinters they withstood
[Verse 2]
This day they gripped no tool of steel
They drove no iron nail
But cradled from the head to heel
Our Lord, newborn and frail
[Verse 3]
When Joseph marveled at the size
Of that small breathing frame
And gazed upon those bright new eyes
And spoke the infant's name
[Verse 4]
The angel's voice he once had dreamed
Poured out from heaven's height
And like the host of starts that gleamed
Blessed earth with welcome light
[Chorus]
This Child shall be Emmanuel
Not God upon a throne
But God-with-us, Emmanuel
As close as blood and bone
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