Browse Carols: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # King Herod, Troubled With The Star 1. King Herod, troubled with the Star, That led the Eastern Sages To view the Babe, whose goings are Before the birth of ages, Grew mighty wroth because the Kings, Returning not, did jape him: He therefore bade his underlings, (Left Jesu should escape him) Hew and hack, hack, hack, Hew and hack asunder All baby boys nigh Bethlehem From ij year old and under. 2. In Ramah, Rachel, weep no more, But let thy joy be mickle: For, though thy pretty buds be shore By Death's unruthful sickle, They are but taken to the land Of everlasting flowers: Where Christ, as gardener, hath command Of amarantine bowers. Wherefore flog, sing, sing, sing, Wherefore sing for gladness; Because for Paradise thy bairns Have left this vale of sadness. Browse Carols: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #