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