This powerful African-American Christmas spiritual has been freshly arranged for low voice and piano. Its bold opening notes, demand a hearing (\"There\'s a star in the east\"). Unlike many Christmas songs (which sentimentalize the birth of a child), this one demands action: Rise up! Follow! The birth of the Savior demands a willingness to forsake security (\"leave your ewes, and leave your lambs\") and venture into an unknown, but promising, future. .