James Galway - The Silver Stars Are in the Sky lyrics

The silver stars are in the sky the red gold moon is riding high O sleep my little one sleep Once long ago against her breast A mother hush'd her babe to rest Who was the prince of Heav'n above The lord of gentleness and light O sleep my little one sleep The b**book calls across the night the brown moths flutter in the light O sleep my little one sleep In Bethlehem long, long ago, when roads and paddocks gleamed with snow On this same night that mother mild lull'd into dreams her royal child