Text:Christ Was Born in Bethlehem
Tune:[Christ was born in Bethlehem]

12. Christ Was Born in Bethlehem

Christ was born in Bethlehem,
Christ was born in Bethlehem,
Christ was born in Bethlehem,
And in a manger lay.
And in a manger lay, and in a manger lay,
Christ was born in Bethlehem and in a manger lay.

Text Information
First Line: Christ was born in Bethlehem
Title: Christ Was Born in Bethlehem
Language: English
Publication Date: 1961
Topic: Christmas; Jesus Christ: His Birth
Source: Traditional American, alt.
Tune Information
Name: [Christ was born in Bethlehem]
Key: D Major
Source: Traditional American
Copyright: Melody from "American Folk Songs for Children" by Ruth Crawford Seeger, published by Doubleday & Company. reprinted by permission of Charles Seeger



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