No Place for the Savior of Men

No Place for the Savior of Men for SATB mixed voices with its gentle, lilting melody by Kathleen Holyoak, is a popular choice to for any Christmas program.  The exquisitely beautiful lyrics take the listener to the scene of the nativity in a way that has never before been expressed:

No room for a mother and child;

No pillow, no blanket, no bed.

No place for the baby, 

No room at the inn,

No place for the Savior of Men.

Where then shall they rest for the night?’

The street shall not welcome the King.

No place for the mother to bring forth God’s child,

No place for the Savior of Men.

The birds have their nests where they lay down their heads.

The deer have their meadows to rest.

The moon sleeps on clouds that are softer than down

But in small Bethlehem, no room is yet found.

The fish have their ponds and the rivers and seas;

The lions their dens and the insects their leaves.

The stars know the place where they’re tucked in the sky

But the Savior has no place to lie.

A stable, a manger, a stall;

Rough straw where she’ll cradle His head.

Where beasts gently offer the warmth of their breath

And give place for the baby to rest.

So sleep little baby, Savior Divine.

Dream on while God’s angels descend.

A place for the baby, the Savior of men,

One place, one place found in old Bethlehem.

Copyright 2012