By Simon Donlon & Colm Flanagan

6 to 11 - KS1 & KS2 - unison - incl. solo opportunity  (2m 31s)

Download contains: piano-vocal score, lyric sheet, mp3 demo & backing tracks

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Theme - Nativity, Mary & Joseph arriving in Bethlehem

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Content – Mary and Joseph arrive in Bethlehem and can't find a place to stay. Finally a kind innkeeper offers them his stable, and their exhaustion is replaced by gratitude. The repeated line 'Something's gonna happen tonight, my friend' hints at the great significance of this night.

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Lyrics sample

Mary and Joseph are trav’ling today.

They’re on a trip to Bethlehem, many miles away.

They’re trav’ling with a donkey to help them on their way.

Something’s gonna happen tonight, my friend.

Something’s gonna happen tonight.

When they get to Bethlehem here’s what they are told:

“There’s nothing in this town for you, all the rooms are sold.

No money’s gonna help you, no silver and no gold:

Bethlehem has no rooms tonight, my friend.

Bethlehem has no rooms tonight.”

Just as they are walking away,

They hear a voice behind them say:

“I have a little stable in the back yard.

The walls may be damp and the floor it is hard.

But you’ll be better there than lying under the stars.

You’ll be safe in there for tonight, my friend,

You’ll be safe in there for tonight.”

This song features in the 9-song Christmas cantata 'One Night In Bethlehem'