Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #255 (1993) Meter: Irregular Hymnal Title: Singing the Living Tradition First Line: There's a star in the East on Christmas morn Refrain First Line: Leave your ewes and leave your lambs Lyrics: 1 There’s a star in the East on Christmas morn,
rise up, shepherd, and follow.
It will lead to the place where the babe is born;
rise up, shepherd, and follow.
Refrain:
Leave your ewes and leave your lambs,
rise up, shepherd, and follow.
Leave your sheep and leave your rams,
rise up, shepherd, and follow.
Follow, follow, rise up, shepherd, and follow.
Follow the star of Bethlehem,
rise up, shepherd, and follow.
2 If you hark to the angel’s holy word,
rise up, shepherd, and follow.
You’ll forget your flock, you’ll forget your herd;
rise up, shepherd, and follow. [Refrain] Topics: Jewish and Christian Teachings Christmas Languages: English Tune Title: DOUGLASS
There's a Star in the East