Two shepherds, old friends, meet by chance on the road to Bethlehem. They chat about the amazing apparition that one of them saw last night. The second shepherd is sceptical, but eventually, they both head off to Bethlehem to pay homage to the baby Jesus.

The choir sings in 2 fairly easy parts - one part for each shepherd.

I’ve had enthusiastic feedback from choirs around the world about this song, across all age ranges: primary, secondary, sixth form, university, community choirs, senior citizens. The song can be performed 'straight', or sometimes performers dress up, use props, dance, hold placards, whatever…

Please feel free to have fun with this piece by performing it in your own way (withoout worries about contradicting scripture or copyright).

The song lyrics reflect the key biblical events of the Christmas story. These are presented in a way that also includes some imagined (presumably non-controversial) non-biblical detail.

Voice parts are mostly easy, but instrumentalists will need a little more skill.

If you want each member of your choir to sing from their own paper copy, current copyright legislation unfortunately means that, even in schools, you should buy multiple copies rather than photocopy a single vocal score.