Lyrics
Whether upon a king’s command
Or at a mercenary’s hand
They have been taken far too soon,
Silenced within a mother’s womb.
Oh, our hearts are broken
For the cries unspoken.
Would you bless, would you bless
The holy innocents?
Though it was at the king’s command
And by a soldier’s rugged hand
A sinless death the Lord assumed,
Silenced within a stranger’s tomb.
Oh, his heart was broken
But there his love was spoken.
Would you bless, would you bless
The holy innocents?
May they rest, may they rest
In the Father’s sure defense.
Each life was taken, they had no control,
A threat or just an inconvenient soul?
So we cry for mercy, Lord,
To lay aside the swords.
Would you bless, would you bless?
May they rest, may they rest.
By Mary Ann Russell and D. Lawrence Ward
© 2019 Familiar Whisper Music