SAINT STEPHEN AND HEROD



St. Stephen was a serving-man

In Herod's royal hall.

He serv-ed him with meat and wine

That doth to kings befall.



He was serving him with meat, one day,

With a boar's head in his hand,

When he saw a star come from the East

And over Bethlehem stand.



St. Stephen was a righteous man

And in his faith was bold,

He was waiting for the birth of Christ

As by the prophets told.



He cast the Boar's head on the floor

And let the server fall,;

He said, "Behold a child is born

That is better than us all."



Then quickly he went to Herod's room

And unto him did say,

"I am leaving thee, King Herod,

And will proclaim thy wicked ways."



Child #22

From Ballads Migrant in New England, Flanders

Collected from Charles Fenimore, Maine, 1942

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