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Text:Bethlehem Lullaby
Author:P. W. Blackmer
Tune:BRAHM'S LULLABY
Composer:Johannes Brahms
Media:MIDI file

16437. Bethlehem Lullaby

1 Long ago, there was born
In the city of David,
A sweet, holy babe,
Who was Jesus our king.
Angels sang at His birth,
"Lullaby, peace on earth";
Angels sang at His birth,
"Lullaby, peace on earth."

2 Jesus came as a child
From His Father in Heaven,
And has shown us the way
To be loving and kind,
While the stars sang above,
"Lullaby, God is love";
While the stars sang above,
"Lullaby, God is love."

Text Information
First Line: Long ago, there was born
Title: Bethlehem Lullaby
Author: P. W. Blackmer (1901)
Language: English
Source: Life and Service Hymns by R. E. Magill (Richmond, VA: Onward Press, Presbyterian Committee of Publications, 1917)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: BRAHM'S LULLABY
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1868)
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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