Tú dejaste tu trono y corona por mí – Cuba

December 16 hymn is from the United Evangelical Church in Cuba Lutheran Synod

Hymn: Tú dejaste tu trono y corona por mí (You left your throne and crown for me)
Lyrics: Emily E. S. Elliot (1864)
Music: D. Sankey
Performer: Martha Y. Romero Lorenzo

English lyrics

You left your throne and crown for me,
When you came to be born in Bethlehem
But you weren’t allowed to enter the inn
And you had to be born in manger

Refrain:
Come to my heart, oh Christ
For there’s a place for you in it

Heavenly praise the angels give,
In which they praise the Verb,
But, oh Lord humble you came to the earth
For giving life to the worst of sinner

The foxes can always have their caves
And the birds their nests, too,
But the Son of man had no place
Where place his head

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