Bethlehem Down Songtext
von Westminster Cathedral Choir

When He is King, we will give him the Kings′ gifts
Myrrh for its sweetness and gold for a crown
"Beautiful robes", said the young girl to Joseph
Fair with her first-born on Bethlehem down


Bethlehem down is full of the starlight
Winds for the spices and stars for the gold
Mary for sleep and for lullaby music
Songs of a shepherd by Bethlehem fold

When He is King, they will clothe him in grave-sheets
Myrrh for embalming and wood for a crown
He that lies now in the white arms of Mary
Sleeping so lightly on Bethlehem down

Here he has peace and a short while for dreaming
Close-huddled oxen to keep him from cold
Mary for love and for lullaby music
Songs of a shepherd by Bethlehem fold