Remember Bethlehem (The Intake School Carol; 2006 Digital Remaster)-Jake Thackray

[ti:Remember Bethlehem] [ar:Jake Thackray] [al:Jake In A Box (The EMI Recordings 1967-1976)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Remember Bethlehem (The Intake School Carol; 2006 Digital Remaster) - Jake Thackray [00:07.93]It was ever so cold [00:09.29] [00:11.02]She was far away from home [00:12.44] [00:14.12]She was not very old [00:15.65] [00:17.08]She was only a shabby little country girl [00:20.03] [00:21.14]So long ago [00:22.09] [00:24.08]It seems so far away; so far away [00:27.50] [00:29.27]But even so [00:30.23] [00:32.05]I know your nightingales remember her still [00:35.79] [00:36.36]Your p**sy-willow and your daffodil [00:38.82] [00:39.75]Even your stony old hills [00:41.59] [00:42.37]Remember Bethlehem [00:44.01] [00:49.82]She was awfully weak [00:51.13] [00:52.94]For the journey'd been hard [00:54.71] [00:56.12]She had nowhere to sleep; [00:57.65] [00:58.53]She lay down in a small dark farmyard [01:01.62] [01:02.91]So long ago [01:03.86] [01:05.88]It seems so far away; so far away [01:09.05] [01:11.07]But even so [01:13.81]I know your lowly hedgehog knows [01:16.79]What it means [01:18.23]Fish that twitch in your greeny streams [01:21.28]Even your shaggy old trees [01:24.00]Remember Bethlehem [01:25.35] [01:31.55]When she lay herself down [01:32.84] [01:34.80]She must've been afraid [01:36.21] [01:37.92]There was only the ground; [01:39.36] [01:40.94]She had her baby in a painful darkness [01:44.94]So long ago [01:45.67] [01:47.43]It seems so far away; so far away [01:51.14] [01:52.77]But even so [01:55.56]I know the rain was there when [01:58.41]Her time had come [01:59.93]The wind won't forget what the [02:01.82]Girl has done [02:03.26]Even the sulky old sun [02:05.94]Remembers Bethlehem [02:06.87] [02:13.44]When she looked at the child [02:15.30] [02:16.86]The very first time [02:19.77]I suppose that she smiled [02:21.15] [02:22.96]And it's my guess that Mary cried a little [02:26.54]So long ago [02:27.33] [02:29.47]It seems so far away so far away [02:32.61] [02:34.66]But even so [02:37.51]I've got the flesh and the blood [02:40.05]To remember them by: [02:41.18] [02:41.93]Him in my mind and her in my eye; [02:45.12]Every reason why I [02:46.71] [02:47.74]Remember Bethlehem [02:51.86]Bethlehem