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Traditional Irish, arranged by Loreena McKennitt |
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Good people all, this Christmas-time, |
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Consider well and bear in mind |
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What our good God for us has done |
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In sending his beloved Son. |
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With Mary holy we should pray |
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To God with love this Christmas day; |
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In Bethlehem upon that morn |
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There was a blessed Messiah born. |
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The night before that happy tide |
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The noble Virgin and her guide |
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Were long time seeking up and down |
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To find a lodging in the town. |
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But mark how all things came to pass; |
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From every door repelled alas! |
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As long foretold, their refuge all |
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Was but an humble oxs stall. |
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There were three wise men from afar |
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Directed by a glorious star, |
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And on they wandered night and day |
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Until they came where Jesus lay, |
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And when they came unto that place |
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Where our beloved Messiah was, |
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They humbly cast them at his feet, |
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With gifts of gold and incense sweet. |
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Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep |
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Their flocks of lambs and feeding sheep; |
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To whom Gods angels did appear, |
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Which put the shepherds in great fear. |
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Prepare and go, the angels said. |
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To Bethlehem, be not afraid: |
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For there youll find, this happy morn, |
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A princely babe, sweet Jesus born. |
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With thankful heart and joyful mind, |
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The shepherds went the babe to find. |
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And as Gods angel had foretold, |
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They did our saviour Christ behold. |
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Within a manger he was laid, |
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And by his side the virgin maid, |
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Attending on the Lord of life, |
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Who came on earth to end all strife. |
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