AWAY
IN A MANGER
AWAY
IN A MANGER ,NO CRIB FOR A BED
SO SWEET BABY JESUS HAD A STRAW BED INSTEAD.
THEY
HAD TRAVELED SO FAR TO REACH BETHLEHEM
WHEN THEY ARRIVED THERE WAS NO ROOM IN THE INN
.
THE
INN KEEPER SAID YOU COULD SLEEP IN THE STABLE
THERE IS STRAW TO SLEEP ON AND A TROUGH FOR A CRADLE.
SO
MARY AND JOSEPH SETTLED IN FOR THE NIGHT
THE STARS IN THE SKY SHONE BRIGHTLY WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SITE.
LATER
THAT NIGHT WHILE THE ANIMALS LOOKED ON
AS MARY GAVE BIRTH TO GODS ONLY SON.
AN
ANGEL FROM HEAVEN, CAME TO THE SHEPARD'S THAT NIGHT
AND TOLD THEM ABOUT ,THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SITE
HE
SAID FOLLOW THE STAR THAT SHINES BRIGHTEST ABOVE
IT WILL LEAD YOU TO JESUS, GODS GIFT OF TRUE LOVE.
HE
IS LYING IN A MANGER IN THE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM
GO NOW MY SHEPARD'S AND GIVE PRAISE TO HIM.
SO
MANY CAME, FROM FAR AND FROM NEAR
AS THE ANGELS SANG SWEETLY, THE CHRIST CHILD IS HERE
SO
GOES THE STORY OF THE CHRIST CHILD OF OLD
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SITE IT MUST HAVE BEEN TO BEHOLD.
©
by Gloria Collins
2006
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