CRADLE IN BETHLEHAM, A
(Alfred Bryan / Larry Stock)

as recorded by Nat "King" Cole
with orchestra conducted by Ralph Carmichael
1960 Hollywood


Sing sweet and low your lullaby till angels say "Amen",
A mother tonight is rocking a cradle in Bethlehem.
While wise men follow through the dark a star that beckons them,
A mother tonight is rocking a cradle in Bethlehem.

"A little child shall lead them", the prophets said of old,
In storm and tempest keep them until the bell is tolled.
Sing sweet and low your lullaby till angels say "Amen",
A mother tonight is rocking a cradle in Bethlehem.

(Sing sweet and low your lullaby till angels say "Amen")
A mother tonight is rocking a cradle in Bethlehem.




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - August 2017)