
Lyrics
(Folk song)
1. Jesus borned in Bethlea, Jesus borned in Bethlea,
Jesus borned in Bethlehem and in the manger lay.
And in the manger lay, and in the manger lay,
Jesus borned in Bethlehem and in the manger lay.
2. Judas then betrayed him… and nailed him to the tree.
3. Joseph buried his body… and layed him in the tomb.
4. Tomb, it would not hold him… he burst the bonds of death.
5. Down came an angel… and rolled the stone away.
6. Mary came a-weeping… her blessed Lord to see.
7. “What’s the matter, Mary?” “They’ve stol’n our Lord away.
8. “Run and tell your brethren…he’s risen from the dead!”
See also
- Subject: Christmas
- Harmony: chords I, IV, V
- Meter: 2
- Rhythm:
- Scale: Mixolydian
- Source: American Folk Songs for Children,Ruth Crawford Seeger, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody


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