Songs of the Folk

Lyrics

DOWN IN BETHLEHEM
There’s a baby in a manger down in Bethlehem and he’s coming down to tend to our souls
There’s a baby in a manger down in Bethlehem Sing it high and sing it low
There’s a shepherd with a flock around Jerusalem and he’s going ‘round to fill up his fold
There’s a shepherd with a flock around Jerusalem Sing it high and sing it low
There’s a teacher in the temple for the people to hear and he’s goin ‘round to preach in their homes
There’s a teacher in the temple for the people to hear Sing it high and sing it low
There’s a healer in the desert for the sick and the lame and he’s going ‘round a-mendin’ our bones There’s a healer in the desert for the sick and the lame Sing it high and sing it low
There’s a man upon a cross, Oh Lord it shoulda been me But he gathered up my heavy load
There’s a man upon a cross, Oh Lord it shoulda been me
There’s a man upon a cross and he’s a-suffering But he’s coming down to rescue our souls
There’s a resurrected man, look at his hands and feet Sing it high and sing it low
There’s a baby in a manger down in Bethlehem and he’s coming down to tend to our souls
There’s a baby in a manger down in Bethlehem Sing it high and sing it low