Blog Caroling

Do you hear what I hear? Yes, it is that time of year again – time for Footnote Maven’s Blog Caroling extravaganza.

This is my first entry in Blog Caroling, but there is a first tie for everything.  My favorite traditional carol is Silver Bell, Holy Night,there are so many.  But the carol I am entering and I have here is from Forgotten Carols by Michael McLean.  It is my favorite this year!!

Here is You Tube Link to hear it. Also Known as He Was Here.  It is also in a separate post. Enjoy!

Michael McLean - The Shepherd (You Were Not There in Bethlehem)

The flock was more than peaceful

The night was dark and deep

The stillness wrapped around me

I drifted off to sleep

And when my friends awoke me
Oh, what a tale they had to tell
They said the angels told them
About a newborn King
They had a star to guide them
They heard the heavens sing
They said that when they found Him
They knew they'd never be the same
Somehow I did believe them,
Though everything I knew
Said I should not believe them
This story can't be true
But there was something magic
In the air
That made me feel as if
I had been there
I asked a thousand questions
Their answers startled me
The more I heard,
The more I thought I knew
This cannot be
And then the struggle started,
My head was wrestling with my heart.
Why would a God from Heaven
Come to the world this way?
Why in a lowly stable
Would the Messiah lay?
I shook my head and asked them
To tell the story one more time
Yes I did believe them
Though I'd not seen a thing
I did not go to Bethlehem
Or hear the angels sing
But there was something magic
In the air
That made me feel as if
I had been there
I knew that as the world moves on
through time
There would be more stories
just like mine
About the souls who've chosen
to believe
In something that they never
got to see

Do you think you'll join us
Though you've not seen a thing?
You were not there in Bethlehem
To hear the angels sing
But if you feel the spirit
In the air
Then just like me you'd know
That He was here
He was here
The King of kings
And Lord of lords was here


(He was here)
He was here, he was here
(He was here)
And He will come again,
For He was here.
(The King of kings)
(The Lord of lords)
-(He was here)
(The King of kings)
(and Lord of Lords was here)
-(He was here)
(The King of kings)
(The Lord of lords)
-(He was here)
(The King of kings)
(and Lord of Lords was here)


And He will come again
For He was here
For He was here