Happy Birthday, Dear Jesus
By Ruth Baird Shaw

Happy Birthday, dear Jesus
Today with festive fare
We celebrate Your birthday,
With music in the air!

The cake is baked and waiting
The candles light the tree.
The gifts are wrapped and ribboned
Is there no gift for Thee?

Jesus on Thy birthday morning
I kneel beside Thy crèche and see
Love incarnate — God’s gift
And bring myself to Thee!