Lutheran Service Book, Hymn 374
The Lutheran Hymnal, Hymn 90
The first tune you hear is the correct tune, but the choir is singing
"He Whom Shepherds Once Were Raising."
"He Whom Shepherds Once Were Raising."
The text in LSB and TLH is under copyright.
God's own Son is born a child, is born a child,
God in sinners is reconciled, is reconciled.
The faint sound of the boy sopranos in the distance is because each of the four boys is placed at the four corners of the sanctuary. They each alternate a line from the song. The choir comes in with the second tune. Finally, the congregation joins in this refrain while the boys rotate to the next corner of the sanctuary:
God's own Son is born a child, is born a child,
God in sinners is reconciled, is reconciled.
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