Alright, everyone. Time again to sing!
*taps conductor stick thingy*
Said the night wind to the little lamb,
“Do you see what I see?”
Ah, the wind is bored and feels like playing I Spy.
“Way up in the sky, little lamb.
Do you see what I see?”
I’m sure the small ovine appreciates the hint.
“A star, a star, dancing in the night,
With a tail as big as a kite,
With a tail as big as a kite.”
Oh, sure, give it away before the lamb has a chance to guess.
Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy,
“Do you hear what I hear?”
And the shepherd replied with “holy shit, a talking lamb!”
“Ringing through the night, shepherd boy.
Do you hear what I hear?”
Is it just that night wind playing I Spy with other random critters?
“A song, a song, higher than the trees
With a voice as big as the sea.
With a voice as big as the sea.”
This simile is silly to me.
Said the shepherd boy to the mighty king,
“Do you know what I know?”
Translation: Boy skips into the palace all chanting “I know something you don’t know! I know something you don’t know!”
“In your palace, oh, mighty king.
Do you know what I know?”
If this king is supposed to be Herod, then shepherd boy you’ve got a lot of blood on your hands.
“A child, a child, shivers in the cold.
Let us bring him silver and gold.
Let us bring him silver and gold.”
Or a coat or a blanket or something of immediate need for cold people.
Said the king to the people everywhere,
“Listen to what I say!”
Pfft. Everyone thinks their own words are so important. Get a Twitter account!
“Pray for peace, people everywhere.
Listen to what I say!”
What a useless statement.
“A child, a child, sleeping in the night.
He will bring us goodness and light.
He will bring us goodness and light.”
In 33 years, all we have to do is stick nails into him until he dies. Praise the Lord!
