An angel came down One night to the earth A mission from God To find out the worth Of everything that His children had done Since that winter night The birth of His son And then a sound filled the night In the cold winter air And in the midst of his flight It was holding him there And as he looked towards the earth For the source of this sound On that cold winter night It was pulling him down To bring something back This angel was told That no one could touch But angels could hold So on that night When the sky had cleared Among all the stars An angel appeared And then a sound filled the night In the cold winter air And in the midst of his flight It was holding him there And as he looked towards the earth For the source of this sound On that cold winter night It was pulling him down