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 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."
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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 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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As long foretold, there was a blessed Messiah born
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The Wexford Carol
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| Celtic Woman |
