How Far Is It to Bethlehem (2021 Remastered Version) Lyrics
How Far Is It to Bethlehem - Alfred Deller/The Deller Consort
Written by：Traditional
How far is it to Bethlehem
Not very far
Shall we find the stable room
Lit by a star
Can we see the little child
Is he within
If we lift the wooden latch
May we go in
May we stroke the creatures there
Ox ass or sheep
May we peep like them and see
Jesus asleep
If we touch his tiny hand
Will he awake
Will he know we've co2o far
Just for his sake
Great kings have precious gifts
And we have naught
Little smiles and little tears
Are all we brought
For all weary children
Mary must weep
Here on his bed of straw
Sleep children sleep
Sleep children sleep
God in his mother's arms
Babes in the byre
Sleep as they sleep who find
Their heart's desire