Fr. Bill’s CD Lyrics
Blanket of Stars: Bethlehem Boys
Bethlehem boy, a manger your crib
Your nursery this holy night a stable
Bethlehem boy, infant-sized God
Let me bow before you while I’m able
While Joseph tried to find a room
You slept within the purest womb
I travel back to days of old
With one request, be it so bold
Now that You are born
What would be the harm
If I could hold Sweet Jesus in my arms?
Bethlehem boys, innocent ones
The rage of a tyrant caused your dying
Bethlehem boys, martyrs so small
A terrified crescendo of crying
As waves of grief tsunamied all
Your swaddling clothes turned funeral pall
In victimhood Your witnesses arise
As humankind keeps falling before Your eyes
Let us not forget we are not far from there
As unborn infants need our fervent prayer.
Bethlehem boy—my how you’ve grown
Your “little town” of birth remembers proudly
Carpentry past, seeds You have sown
But crowds You healed and fed protested loudly
When the holy child became a man
Your saving truth revealed God’s plan
From manger wood to glorious cross
YOu lived and died that none be lost
This Christmas let Your sorrows turn to joy
By the grace if our dear Savior
Our Bethlehem boy!