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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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Near Bethlehem did shepherds meet |
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Their flocks of lambs and feeding sheep |
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To whom God's 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 you will 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 God's angel had foretold |
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They did our Savior 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 to earth to end all strife |
