Freu dich, Erd und Sternenzelt
freu dich erd und sternenzelt joyful earth canopy star german christmas carol text melody based czech carol narodil se kristus pán lord jesus christ born derived around latin model en virgo parit filium czech song regarded popular czech carol german paraphrase four stanza refrain first appeared collection diocese leitmeritz katholische gesänge für die öffentliche und häusliche andacht zunächst zum gebrauche der gläubigen der bischöflichen leitmeritzer diöcese congregational personal devotion song titled frohlocken über de heilands geburt rejoicing saviour birth stanza seven line differ first third line second fourth halleluja last stanza refrain un zum heil erkoren ward er heut geboren heute un geboren salvation chosen born today today u born song included regional part first edition catholic hymnal gotteslob protestant minister johannes pröger gauersheim replaced around two stanza lyric referring annunciation shepherd version appeared protestant hymnal evangelisches gesangbuch eg list ecumenical song various regional section gotteslob simple jolly melody varied several time oldest document triple metre song became sacred folk song due simple melody repetitious refrain list christmas carol freu dich erd und sternenzelt sung windsbacher knabenchor narodil se kristus pán radio praha josef lauschman narodil se kristus pán archived wayback machine cyril pp – freu dich erd und sternenzelt christliche liederdatenbank