Bethlehem Down Songtext
von Alexander Armstrong

When he is King
We will give him the King′s gifts
Myrrh for its sweetness
And gold for a crown
Beautiful robes
Said the young girl to Joseph
There 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 for 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 thieves
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
Sleeping so lightly
On Bethlehem down