Story Behind The Song

The shepherds were asleep when they were awoken by a bright star and the song of the angels. They followed the star, and the angels, to greet the baby who would change the world forever.

Song Description

This song tells the Christmas story from the viewpoint of the shepherds who were greeted by the angels and told to come to the stable.

Lyrics

When the sheep and their shepherds were fast asleep
In the dark of a wintery night,
Came a star that awakened both man and sheep
With the glow of its heavenly light.
Then the angels came, calling out his name.
Heralding the birth that ensured the earth would never be the same.
When the angels came.

So the shepherds awoke and they walked all night,
And they wondered what wonders they'd see.
And they followed the star with its blazing light
To the place where the baby would be.
Then the angels came, calling out his name.
Heralding the birth that ensured the earth would never be the same.
When the angels came.

And the shepherds were never the same again since they witnessed that wonderful morn.
And the world never has been the same since then, since that wonderful baby was born.
When the angels came, calling out his name.
Heralding the birth that ensured the earth would never be the same,
Would never be the same,
When the angels came.