Bethlem Down

"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