Traditional — Nightwatchers

In the very dead of night, with darkness all around High upon a windy hill, the shepherd boys are found Not for them, a comfy bed and quilt of eiderdown Just a stony pillow, and a blanket on the ground They are the night-watchers! The stargazers! The keepers of their sheep! And when the {?} {?}, the fire blazes while all the worlds asleep All the world's asleep {?} Hurry now, to Bethlehem, where Jesus Christ is born They are the night-watchers! The stargazers! The keepers of their sheep! And when the [?] [?], the fire blazes while all the world's asleep All the world's asleep