"I Wonder As I Wander (Appalachian Carol)" lyrics
(originally by John Jacob Niles)
I wonder as I wander
Out under the sky
How Jesus the Saviour
Did come for to die
For poor on'ry people
Like you and like I
I wonder as I wander
Out under the sky
When Mary birthed Jesus
'Twas in a cow's stall
With wise men and farmers
And shepherds and all
But high from God's heaven
A star's light did fall
And the promise of ages
It then did recall
If Jesus had wanted
For any wee thing
A star in the sky
Or a bird on the wing
Or all of God's Angels
In heaven to sing
He surely could have it
'Cause he was the King
Out under the sky
How Jesus the Saviour
Did come for to die
For poor on'ry people
Like you and like I
I wonder as I wander
Out under the sky
When Mary birthed Jesus
'Twas in a cow's stall
With wise men and farmers
And shepherds and all
But high from God's heaven
A star's light did fall
And the promise of ages
It then did recall
If Jesus had wanted
For any wee thing
A star in the sky
Or a bird on the wing
Or all of God's Angels
In heaven to sing
He surely could have it
'Cause he was the King
Writer(s): Dp, John Jacob Niles, Lewis Henry Horton
