1. To tell the truth, those shepherds had the kind of night that drove them mad; there wasn’t really much to do and they were feeling bored.

2. Then all at once the sky went bright (the only fun they’d had all night) and when they looked those shepherds saw an angel of the Lord.

3. You gotta leave your flock and do the shepherd rock Go on rocking down to Bethl’hem town. There you will find in a humble cattle stall,

4. one who is born to be Lord of all. You gotta leave your flock and do the shepherd rock Go on rocking down to Bethl’hem town.

5. The light had left them rather dazed, the news had left them quite amazed; it wasn’t quite the kind of thing that happened ev’ry day.

6. So when the angels left the skies, they all got up and rubbed their eyes and then the shepherd left their sheep and hurried on their way.