Bethlehem Down

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