David and Bethsheba -

From on my roof I saw her bathing

Her beauty’s more than I can bear

She sparks inside of me some craving

To bathe me in her flowing hair

Around my house did I inquire

Who is this beauty, my good friend?

They said the one that you desire

Is wed to one of your best men

As he was out at battle for me

I had her brought into my room

She lay with me until the morning

Beneath the light of yonder moon

I have not seen her for a while

I just indeed have heard the news

That she is pregnant with my child

Lord, what am I supposed to do?

If I bring her husband back home, maybe

He’ll go and sleep with her tonight

No one will know that it’s my baby

And everything will be alright

But I’m afraid that he’s already wise

To all the things that I have done

And he will see right through my lies

And all my plans will come undone

If this is so, there’s just one action

That I can take to make things right

Withdraw my army from around him

That he might not survive the fight