Bethlehem Down

Bethlehem Down - Voces8/Nigel Short

When he is king we will give him a king's 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 down