[Verse 1]
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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 belovèd 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 the morn
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there was a blest Messiah born.
[Verse 2]
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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 a humble oxen stall.
[Verse 3]
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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 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’ll find, this happy morn,
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a princely Babe, sweet Jesus born.”
[Verse 4]
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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 to the Lord of Life,
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who came on earth to end all strife.