King Herod's Secret Plan (Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence) - SATB, violin duet (opt) and piano by Gustav Holst 4-Part - Digital Sheet Music

SKU: A0.1945442

The melody is from the song Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence. I've always thought it a hauntingly beautiful song. It is used at Christmas time, so I thought I'd create new lyrics to reflect King Herod wanting the wisemen to track down the new born King so he could secretly do away with him. After hearing of his plan, the Wisemen warned Joseph to take his family to a safe place. The lyrics are based off the readings of Matthew 2: 1-16. I have written it in SATB format with optional violins (parts included) and also piano. If you don't have violins, but have a keyboard with strings, you can duplicate it in this way since it's in the key of C.

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Lyrics:
King Herod’s Secret Plan

Verse 1:

Herod heard the news of a new King

and he was deeply concerned

He gathered all his chief priests and teachers

And asked them where this new King was born

Herod sent the wisemen out to find him

In the town of Bethlehem

Verse 2:

Herod said as soon as you find him

Come and report to me

for I want to go and to worship

this newborn baby

Herod had a plan he kept in secrecy

For soon all the world would see

Vere 3:

The wiseman saw a star at it’s rising

o’re a place Jesus lay

There they found Mary and Joseph

And Jesus asleep on the hay

They were overjoyed at this holy sight

And gave him their treasures that day

Verse 4:

While asleep they all had the same dream

That warned them of Herod’s plan

After warning Joseph to leave there,

They took a different route to their lands

Herod hearing this was outraged

He ordered all the young boys to die

Verse 5:

Joseph took his wife and the baby

They fled to Israel

After Herod’s death they returned there

But left fearing Herod’s son

So they traveled on to the town of Nazareth

It became His home for many years.

Ending:

As a carpenter, he soon earned the name of

Jesus, the Nazarene.