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"Shepherds" lyrics

Bruce Cockburn Lyrics

"Shepherds"

They wake up suddenly in the night
There is light
And figures dancing in the sky
Clothed in more colours than the world can contain

And all the silences of the night
Leap in song
Like that of a river cascading
From the wild mountain to the slow human plain

Gloria! Gloria in the highest!

A child's cry sounds from far away
It's almost day
And in the brown-air town away below
Three travelers reap a star harvest
And then go on their way again

Gloria! Gloria in the highest!
Gloria! Gloria in the highest!


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Writer(s): Bruce Cockburn
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album: "Christmas" (1993)
Bruce Cockburn - Christmas album cover
Adeste Fidelis
(Instrumental)
Early On One Christmas Morn
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Riu Riu Chiu
I Saw Three Ships
Down In Yon Forest
(Instrumental)
Les Anges Dans Nos Campagnes
Go Tell It On The Mountain
Shepherds
Silent Night
Jesus Ahatonnia (The Huron Carol)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
Mary Had A Baby
Joy To The World
(Instrumental)
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