Johnny Cash - In Bethlehem lyrics
[Johnny Cash - In Bethlehem lyrics]
Now we are in the city of Bethlehem
At the door of the Church of
The Nativity where Christ was born
The gate has been walled up then enters
Into the church because of the horsemen
That used to come attack the
Place and sack the church
It's been walled up to where there's just
A very narrow opening of about
Three and a half feet where you
Enter into the Church of Nativity
So now we enter into the
Place where Christ was born
This is the place where Christ was born to
The world over it's a mighty big place
Actually physically it's a
Small cave underneath
The Church of the Nativity
Many other people are here today
To see this place
Before me is the actual spot where Christ
Was born undisputed to the ages
This place was found and confirmed that it
Was the place of the Nativity
By St Helene mother of Constantine
The Emperor of Rome
In the third and the fourth century
Just a few feet away from this
Place where Christ was born
Where there is a Star of
Bethlehem in the manger
Where he was taken wrapped
In swaddling clothes
Meaning loose-fitting clothes laid
In the manger
Where he was come and visited at this very
Spot by the three Wisemen from the east
One of the holiest of holy places
In the Christian tradition the
Holy Family retreated here
During the massacre of the holy
Innocence ordered by King Herod
And just as we left the Church of
The Nativity a few minutes ago
We saw another cave where so
Many of the children
That King Herod had killed under
Two years old were buried
At the door of the Church of
The Nativity where Christ was born
The gate has been walled up then enters
Into the church because of the horsemen
That used to come attack the
Place and sack the church
It's been walled up to where there's just
A very narrow opening of about
Three and a half feet where you
Enter into the Church of Nativity
So now we enter into the
Place where Christ was born
This is the place where Christ was born to
The world over it's a mighty big place
Actually physically it's a
Small cave underneath
The Church of the Nativity
Many other people are here today
To see this place
Before me is the actual spot where Christ
Was born undisputed to the ages
This place was found and confirmed that it
Was the place of the Nativity
By St Helene mother of Constantine
The Emperor of Rome
In the third and the fourth century
Just a few feet away from this
Place where Christ was born
Where there is a Star of
Bethlehem in the manger
Where he was taken wrapped
In swaddling clothes
Meaning loose-fitting clothes laid
In the manger
Where he was come and visited at this very
Spot by the three Wisemen from the east
One of the holiest of holy places
In the Christian tradition the
Holy Family retreated here
During the massacre of the holy
Innocence ordered by King Herod
And just as we left the Church of
The Nativity a few minutes ago
We saw another cave where so
Many of the children
That King Herod had killed under
Two years old were buried