Misc Traditional – Wexford Carol (Guitar)

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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.

          C
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.

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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. 

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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 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.