Do You Hear What I Hear?

"Do You Hear What I Hear?" is a Christmas song written in October 1962 with lyrics by Noël Regney and music by Gloria Shayne Baker. The pair were married at the time, and wrote it as a plea for peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis. It has sold tens of millions of copies and has been covered by hundreds of different artists.

Lyrics

 * Said the night wind to the little lamb
 * Do you see what I see
 * Way up in the sky little lamb
 * Do you see what I see
 * A star, a star
 * Dancing in the night
 * With a tail as big as a kite
 * With a tail as big as a kite


 * Said the little lamb to the shepard boy
 * Do you hear what I hear
 * Ringing through the sky shepard boy
 * Do you hear what I hear
 * A song, a song
 * High above the tree
 * With a voice as big as the sea
 * With a voice as big as the sea


 * Said the shepard boy to the mighty king
 * Do you know what I know
 * In your palace wall mighty king
 * Do you know what I know
 * A child, a child
 * Shivers in the cold
 * Let us bring him silver and gold
 * Let us bring him silver and gold


 * Said the king to the people everywhere
 * Listen to what I say
 * Pray for peace people everywhere
 * Listen to what I say
 * The child, the child
 * Sleeping in the night
 * He will bring us goodness and light
 * He will bring us goodness and light


 * The child, the child
 * Sleeping in the night
 * He will bring us goodness and light