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If I Had Been in Bethlehem MP3 Recording featuring vocals by Angie Jack :   Hi-speed    Dialup    Download    CD: If I Had Been in Bethlehem MP3 accompaniment track :   Hi-speed    Dialup    Download    CD: If I Had Been in Bethlehem--Accompaniment Tracks View/print sheet music:     Children's solo / Flute obbligato     SATB This song was written for my oldest daughter, Jennifer. It occurred to me, one evening shortly before Christmas, that if we had lived anywhere near Bethlehem, this intrepid young 7-year-old really would have followed the shepherds or the wise men, and she probably wouldn't have asked permission, or told me where she was going. Lyrics: If I had been in Bethlehem the night of Jesus' birth And heard afar the angels' joyful song of peace on earth If I had seen the shepherds come to seek the baby fair I think I would have followed them, and knelt beside them there If I had lived in eastern lands and watched with eager eyes If I had seen his star appear and blaze among the skies If I had seen the wise men go to seek the newborn King I think I would have followed them, my finest gifts to bring I did not live in Bethlehem that Christmas night of old Or travel with the wise men there, to bring him gifts of gold But I can give a greater gift than any earthly gem For all my heart and all my love will be my gift to him. Church Music Contest: Children's Song Division - 1st place 1988 Appeared in The Friend magazine, December 1989