Be Se5ad 56. But 57, clean and spread with fresh straw...so Joseph and Mary went in am pre- 58. pared to spend the night quiet 59. could 60. nor finally they a man offered him a stall there. in It was his stable, in the hear men their angry arguments 6le jostling crowd 62, slept. 63, MUSIC UP AND DOWN LOW SOUND OF SHEEP 64. On the 656 664 weeeresting on the ground as was their usual custom, UNUSUAL MUSIC UP BEHIND THIS .. HEAVENLY MUSIC brightness appeared in the sky and the hillside was 67. light. The shephards 68, it had been midday, 69, their faces to 70. Se not 71. the dickering became hillside above with atout still, high the town the innkeeper taxes, streets a group But were of had been stable. beds after a time deserted, “hey and and rooms, the noisy Bethlehme watched their flodrs. an unusual : radiant Suddenly flooded swept No longer about shepherds jumped to their feet. It with saw their flocks as if Then trembling with the ground, Then aggel afraid, fa I bring you people. Unto you kh 12. is the Lord, 73_ 74. CHORUS SINGING TO SOUND AS ABGELS Then the voices of many angels filled the air with the heavenly eng 75~- Glory to God 764 MUSIC UP STRONG THEN FADE 77. The music ceased and the angel told the shepherds: 78. This shall be sign unto you.e Y,u shall fi nd 79, swaddling clothes ani lying in a mamger. 80, MUSIC FOR DISAPPEARANCE UP AND OUT 81. Then the amel was gone. 82. said to each other: 83, Let us go into Bethlehem and see this thing which has come to pass. 84, MUSIC UP AND DOWN 85. In the early morning, at the edge of town, Christ in the a is born highest, an tidings this md fear, appeared of day they great in the joy city on earth peace, fell the earth, beside them and that shall be of good the to “avid will babe a said: to all savior, who toward wrapred men. in Siowly the shepherds rose from the ground and | they found Joseph and Mary in