You could have chosen a palace and crown

Instead of a shed cold and all tumbledown

You could have known comfort and musicians playing

Instead of a manger with oxen braying

You could have been born to a Queen or a King

With much pomp and circumstance, horns trumpeting

Instead you chose Joseph and a lovely young maid

As angels sang sweetly and shepherd boys played

You could have come anytime or not at all

But you longed to redeem us after our fall

You wanted to teach us the best way to love

So you came into lowliness from splendour above