Warlock - Bethlehem Down | The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge

When He is King we will give him the 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 fold.

Bruce Blunt (1899-1957)

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Bethlehem Down
Music: Peter Warlock (1894-1930)

The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
Directed by Stephen Layton

Sound engineer: Adrian Peacock
Filming & editing: David Hinitt, Paul Nicholson
Title slate image: Jehangir Cama

Recorded in Trinity College Chapel

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