This lullaby carol has its origins in Bohemia. The pilgrim narrator speaks of wishing to go to Bethlehem to offer live animals as a gift. A cuckoo is heard in the melody. The text ends with “how I wish I could go to heaven.”
This lullaby carol has its origins in Bohemia. The pilgrim narrator speaks of wishing to go to Bethlehem to offer live animals as a gift. A cuckoo is heard in the melody. The text ends with “how I wish I could go to heaven.”