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Today in Bethlehem

[trad. Lithuanian, arr. Steeleye Span]

Sung by Maddy Prior on Steeleye Span’s CD Winter.

Lyrics

Come all with singing, come all with singing
To the place where Christ lies,
For there in Bethlehem, there in Bethlehem
you’ll find a manger.

Chorus (repeated after each verse):
Christ child of story is born in glory
Wise men adore him, beasts kneel before him
Shepherds singing, praying, stars on high obeying
O what wonders, wonders to see.

What have the wise men, what have the wise men
laid before his cradle?
Gold, frankincense and myrrh, frankincense all
For a King’s adoring.

Here are the shepherds, here are the shepherds
With a lamb to give him
Angels have told them, “Come from the hillside,
Meet the tiny stranger.”

There lies the mother, her babe adoring,
Joseph watches near her,
Watches the Christ child, watches the Christ child,
The world’s redeemer.

Come all with singing, come all with singing
To the place where Christ lies,
For there in Bethlehem, there in Bethlehem
you’ll find a manger.