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Bethlehem Down (Weapons Version)

from natalis domini by weapons of indignation

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Bethlehem Down (1927) by Peter Warlock with text by Bruce Blunt.

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"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.

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from natalis domini, released December 18, 2017
Arrangement by the Psalter

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Armed only with an instrument on his back, he walked into the desert in order to find his life.
veni, monstrabo tibi vias deserti

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