This song is a left field choice for a Christmas pageant or other celebration. The sheet music is in the book, Heaven Shall Not Wait available at Wild Goose. The tune is sprightly and surprising.
They suggest beginning quietly and increasing the number singers each verse. I didn’t start quietly in BIAB.
1 No one would choose, to start a clan, a childless couple late in years,
Content to live in peace and quiet, past thought of travelling or careers;
Till Abrah’m learned what God was after and Sarah’s womb was filled with laughter.
2 No one would choose, to free a tribe, a fugitive in shepherd’s dress,
Embarrassed by his stuttering tongue, aware his past lay in a mess;
Till Moses learned God’s startling news that he should help to free the Jews.
3 No one would choose, to lead a race, a teenage boy who loved to sing,
Unsuited to the sword or shield, protected only by a sling;
Till David helped God win the day and on the ground Goliath lay.
4 No one would choose, to save the world, a child of parents newly wed,
Whom common folk received with joy and royal courts perceived with dread;
Till God, in Jesus’ infant voice, confirmed the strangeness of his choice.
5 So let us join to bless this babe, the high, the humble and the low,
The ones who think they’ve found their faith and those unsure of what they know.
In wonder, welcome what God does – he loves and wants each one of us.
Words and Music © 1987 WGRG, Iona Community, Glasgow G2 3DH, Scotland