The little road to Bethlehem (1946) immediately became a best-seller and Head’s most popular song. Margaret Rose’s poem, with its imagery of sheep, is set to an insouciant melody, reminiscent of a folksong, which encapsulates the innocence of the Holy Child. Here is music of simplicity and sentimentality that charms, rather than cloys.
from notes by Andrew Burn © 2012
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