| Lyrics: | SAINT STEPHEN AND HEROD
St. Stephen was a serving-man
In Herod's royal hall.
He
serv-ed him with meat and wine
That doth to kings befall.
He was serving him with
meat, one day,
With a boar's head in his hand,
When he saw a star come from the
East
And over Bethlehem stand.
St. Stephen was a righteous man
And in his faith
was bold,
He was waiting for the birth of Christ
As by the prophets told.
He
cast the Boar's head on the floor
And let the server fall,;
He said, "Behold a child is
born
That is better than us all."
Then quickly he went to Herod's room
And unto
him did say,
"I am leaving thee, King Herod,
And will proclaim thy wicked
ways."
Child #22
From Ballads Migrant in New England, Flanders
Collected from
Charles Fenimore, Maine, 1942
@religion @ballad
filename[ STPHEROD
play.exe
STPHEROD
RG
===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY |
