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1) Shepherds, O hark ye, glad tidings we bring,
Peace and goodwill to the world now we sing;
See in a manger Christ the Anointed,
Whom for your Saviour God hath appointed.
Alleluia.
2) In yonder manger behold now he lies,
Whom angel voices foretold from the skies.
Seeking thy mercy, we kneel before thee,
Singing thy praises, humbly...
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Ref.: Alleluia! O how the angels sang.
Alleluia! How it rang!
And the sky was bright with a holy light,
'Twas the birthday of a King.
1) In the little village of Bethlehem,
There lay a Child one day,
And the sky was bright with a holy light
O'er the place where Jesus lay.
2) 'Twas a humble birthplace,
but O how much God...
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1) The blessed son of God only
In a crib full poor did lie
With our poor flesh and our poor blood
Was clothed that everlasting good
Ref:
Kyrieleison (Lord have mercy)
2) The Lord Christ Jesu God's son dear
Was a guest and a stranger here
Us for to bring from misery
That we might live eternally
3) All this he did for us...
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The boar’s head in hand bear I,
Bedeck’d with bays and rosemary;
And I pray you, my masters, be merry,
Quot estis in convivio
Caput Apri defero
Reddens laudes Domino.
The boar’s head, as I understand,
Is the rarest disk in all this land,
Which thus bedeck’d with a gay garland,
Let us servire cantico.
Caput Apri...
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1) Joseph was an old man, and an old man was he,
when he wedded Mary in the land of Galilee.
Joseph and Mary walk’d through an orchard good,
where was cherries and berries so red as any blood.
Joseph and Mary walk’d through an orchard green,
where was berries and cherries as thick as might be seen.
O then bespoke Mary, so meek and so...
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1) There's a church in the valley by the wildwood,
No lovelier spot in the dale;
No place is so dear to my childhood
As the little brown church in the vale.
Ref.: Come to the church in the wildwood,
Oh, come to the church in the vale;
No spot is so dear to my childhood
As the little brown church in the vale.
2) Oh, come to the...
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1) The Church's one foundation
Is Jesus Christ her Lord
She is His new creation
By water and the Word
From heav'n He came and sought her
To be His holy bride
With His own blood He bought her
And for her life He died
2) Elect from every nation
Yet one o'er all the earth
Her charter of salvation
One Lord one faith one...
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1) O spread the tidings 'round
Wherever man is found,
Wherever human hearts and human woes abound;
Let every Christian tongue proclaim the joyful sound:
The Comforter has come!
Ref.: The Comforter has come, the Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost from heaven, the Father's promise given;
O spread the tidings 'round wherever...
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1) When Jesus Christ was yet a child
He had a garden small and wild,
Wherein He cherished roses fair,
And wove them into garlands there.
2) Now once, as summer time drew nigh,
There came a troop of children by,
And seeing roses on the tree,
With shouts they plucked them merrily.
3) Do you bind roses in your hair?
They cried, in...
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1) The day has dawned, the day of days,
transcending all our joy and praise:
This day our Lord triumphant rose;
this day he captive led our foes.
Alleluia!
2) The serpent’s craft, sin, death, and hell,
this day before the Conqu’ror fell;
all suffering, sorrow, ill, the name
of Jesus risen this day o’ercame.
Alleluia!
3) Now...
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